From a reader:

I have searched high and low. When is it permissible for priests to celebrate the Novus Ordo (Editio Typica) in Latin in the U.S.? Is the permission of the local bishop needed?

I am always surprised when this comes up. I am always not surprised when this comes up. In the name of the Council so many falsehoods were perpetrated.

Priests of the Latin Church don’t need permission to say Mass in Latin. Latin is the official language of the Latin Rite.

The 1983 Code of Canon Law says, first, that Mass is to be celebrated in Latin, and then, or in other approved languages.

The Council’s document on liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, says that the Latin language is to be preserved.

Contrary to the LIE that Latin was forbidden or that special permission is required, Sacrosanctum Concilium 54 requires that pastors of souls teach their flocks to sing and respond in Latin and their mother tongue.