RAT-zinger continues to turn back the clock

remember shortly after he became pope, he worked his ass off trying to appear compassionate, benevolent, and, well, LIKEABLE...? the moniker of "god's rottweiler" clearly wasn't how he wanted to be seen by the masses... then the slur on islam snuck out, and now this... as they say, you can bleach the stripes on a tiger, but...... meet the REAL joseph ratzinger...

Pope Benedict XVI has drafted a document allowing wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin rite that was largely replaced in the 1960s by Masses in English and other modern languages, a church official said yesterday.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the pope told colleagues in September that he was writing the document "motu proprio," a Latin phrase for on his own initiative, and that it was in its third draft.

"There will be a document, it will come out soon, and it will be significant," the official said. Benedict "will not let this be sidetracked," he added.

in my far-distant youth, i spent several years as an altar boy (keep the cracks to yourself, please) and, even though my early catholicism is now several lifetimes removed, i would be lying if i didn't say i didn't still have a soft spot for the latin mass... but... that was then and this is now...

as an aside... if you got him really drunk, a la mel gibson, i wonder what he'd say... just askin'...

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