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WYD-TRIDENTINE Jul-22-2005 (390 words) xxxi
Pre-Vatican II Latin Mass to be celebrated during World Youth Day
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Apparently for the first time in the history of World Youth Day, young Catholics dedicated to the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass and devotions will have Vatican-approved opportunities to pray with the old liturgies.
Organizers of the "Juventutem" pilgrimage said they expect at least 2,000 young people from 20 countries to join their World Youth Day activities Aug. 10-15 in and around Dusseldorf, Germany, before moving to Cologne for the international gathering with Pope Benedict XVI.
The movement brings together youth groups from a variety of parishes and organizations operating under the terms of "Ecclesia Dei," Pope John Paul II's 1988 norms for maintaining union with the Catholic Church while using the Tridentine Mass.
"We have made it explicit to WYD authorities that we expect our liturgical identity to be recognized and indeed welcomed," said a statement published on the group's Web site, www.juventutem.com.
"Inviting us to WYD without enabling us to bring the richness of our own traditions would be like inviting a violinist to a philharmonic orchestra without allowing him to play his instrument," the statement said.
Officials at the Pontifical Council for the Laity confirmed July 22 that the World Youth Day celebration is open to all Catholic youths; those operating under the special terms of "Ecclesia Dei" are not excluded.
The Juventutem Web site also expressed hope that pilgrimage participants would help bring more dignity and decorum to the World Youth Day gathering, particularly the Masses.
"One way to help improve the situation is to pray and offer sacrifices for more respect toward the most holy sacrament and for more dignity and modesty in behavior," the movement's Web site said.
"Another way is to be physically present on the spot and behave in an exemplary manner and favor contacts with all those who ask about us," it said.
A Juventutem press release said Cardinals E. Francis George of Chicago and Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, will address the group in Cologne and will lead the pilgrimage members in prayer.
Australian Cardinal George Pell of Sydney will celebrate vespers and Benediction with them, it said.
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