{"id":17237,"date":"2012-09-27T22:52:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T02:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=17237"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:04:49","slug":"update-vatican-lifts-suspension-of-priest-who-changed-words-of-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/09\/update-vatican-lifts-suspension-of-priest-who-changed-words-of-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Vatican lifts suspension of priest who changed words of Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Remember Fr. William Rowe<\/strong><\/a>?\u00a0 The latest, from Religion News Service: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Illinois priest who was forced out of his parish by his bishop for improvising prayers during Mass has had his suspension reversed by the Vatican.<\/p>\n

The Vatican decided in favor of the Rev. William Rowe on one of three counts, saying Bishop Edward Braxton of Belleville, Ill., had not followed the proper procedure.<\/p>\n

The Vatican\u2019s reversal means he can celebrate Mass in another diocese, Rowe said, as long as he has the local bishop\u2019s approval. Others, however, disputed that interpretation of the decree.<\/p>\n

In a letter that accompanied the document, Monsignor Antonio Neri, an undersecretary of the Vatican\u2019s Congregation for the Clergy, said Rowe could only return to celebrating Mass \u201cwhen you shall have acknowledged your error and formally promise to dispose yourself to adhere to the rights and rubrics of the sacred liturgy set down by the lawful ecclesiastical authorities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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