#4. The Pope's Moto Proprio
The Pope has made it easier for priests to celebrate the Latin Mass,
whose eclipse was one of the major symbolic consequences of Vatican II — but now, a priest who wants to celebrate old-school need no longer get his
bishop's permission to do so. To many Catholics the Pope's moto
proprio meant an unwelcome comeback of a ritual they regarded as elitist, in which the priest turns away from the congregation and speaks a
language few understand. But the papally approved access to the Latin Mass
has nonetheless been soothing to traditionalists, as well as a good many
people who never knew they missed the beauty of Latin.