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Before Vatican II
Before Vatican II
Before the Vatican II, The church followed the traditional latin mass which
is the Tridentine Mass
The most widely used Mass liturgy in the world and considered as an
extraordinary form of mass. It was in response to a decision of the Council of Trent
that Pope Pius V promulgated the1570 Roman Missal, making it mandatory
throughout the Western Church, excepting those regions and religious orders whose
existing missals dated from before 1370.
Nuns and priests contribute to the evangelization and formation of children in the
Catholic faith and catholic values in the teaching of other disciplines.
5. Kneeling to receive communion directly upon the tounge.
Some would refuse to receive even from deacons, who, before the reforms of Pope
Paul VI, were allowed to give Holy Communion only if there were a serious reason for
permitting them to do so. Receiving the Holy Communion directly upon the tounge is
much more suited to the sacrament itself.