Buffalo News on Motu proprio

Published: August 17, 2007, 11:52 am

From the Buffalo News It's lifted a stigma. It's almost like being freed, said Al Huntz, president of the local chapter of Una Voce, an international organization of Latin Mass promoters. For a good many years there's been a misconception that the Latin Mass and the people who attend were some kind of fringe group. Huntz and other local supporters of the ancient liturgy now hope that its restoration will persuade Bishop Edward U. Kmiec to grant them a parish of their own and in the process save a Buffalo church building that is slated for closure.Huntz figures at least 600 local families would be interested in a Latin Mass parish, including some who no longer attend a diocesan church. It's an opportune time to do it, he said.Kmiec expressed doubts about how well a Latin Mass parish would integrate into the rest of the diocese, however. That has so many different ramifications, he said.A parish is more than just saying Mass on Sundays, he added. I

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