Redigerer Benedikt XVI (avsnitt)

===2007: ''Motu proprio'' om tridentinsk messe ===
Den 7. juli 2007 utferdiget pave det før nevnte ''[[motu proprio]] Summorum pontificum.'' I dette skrivet fikk den så kalte [[tridentinske liturgi]], den gudstjensteform som var gjengs i den katolske kirken frem til den liturgireform som ble gjennomført ved årsskiftet 1969/1970, status som en «ekstraordinær» gudstjenesteform innen [[den latinske kirke]].<ref>Motu proprio ''Summorum Pontificum'' (7. juli 2007)</ref> Helt ny var denne åpning ikke, men den tidligere bestemmelse gav biskopene en styringsrett som nå nesten bortfalt. Essensielt gikk beslutningen om å tillate bruk at 1962-versjonen bort fra biskopen, og den lokale prest for ansvar for en kirke kunne bestemme dette selv.<ref>''Indeed, «Mass should not be celebrated without a minister or at least one of the faithful, except for a just and reasonable cause»'' ([http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/documents/200707031933.pdf General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 254] {{Wayback|url=http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/documents/200707031933.pdf |date=20080720091216 }} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720091216/http://www.acbc.catholic.org.au/documents/200707031933.pdf |date=2008-07-20 }}). ''Masses celebrated without the people were once called «private Masses», a term that fell out of favour in the mid-twentieth century: the 1960 Code of Rubrics, which preceded the Second Vatican Council, declared: «The most sacred Sacrifice of the Mass celebrated according to the rites and regulations is an act of public worship offered to God in the name of Christ and the Church. Therefore, the term «private Mass» should be avoided''» ([http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resources/books-1962/missale-romanum-1962.pdf Rubricae Generales Missalis Romani] {{Wayback|url=http://www.sanctamissa.org/en/resources/books-1962/missale-romanum-1962.pdf |date=20200215054059 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215054059/https://sanctamissa.org/en/resources/books-1962/missale-romanum-1962.pdf |date=2020-02-15 }}, 269). Cf. [http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2005/apr2005p18_1918.html Review of ''Mass without a Congregation: A Sign of Unity or Division?'', by Fr Marian Szablewski CR.] {{Wayback|url=http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2005/apr2005p18_1918.html |date=20080726192759 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726192759/http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2005/apr2005p18_1918.html |date=2008-07-26 }}</ref>