Vatican to release pope's letter to Catholic Chinese on Saturday
The Associated Press
Published: June 29, 2007

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI's eagerly awaited letter to Roman Catholics in China will be released on Saturday, the Vatican said, the pontiff's latest effort to reach out to Beijing and bring all of China's faithful into the Vatican's fold.

A Vatican statement issued Friday said the pope's letter — addressed to bishops, priests and lay faithful in China — would be released at noon Saturday (1000 GMT). the rest

Pope to Relax Policy on Old Liturgy
Letter Will Advise Bishops on Tridentine Mass, Said in Latin
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 29, 2007

The Vatican said yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI will soon issue a document providing for wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the centuries-old Latin rite that was largely supplanted in the 1960s by a new liturgy, usually translated into modern languages. the rest