WDTPRS: Another PCED response about seminarians and, this time, Latin requirements
Father John Zuhlsdorf has posted an important story on WDTPRS regarding the upcoming letter from the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei on the TLM and seminarians . Here is one snip: So, here we get a little direction about the concept behind idoneus . The PCED says there will not be a test for Latin. However, that does not mean there can’t be tests. (That would, of course, open up the whole "double standard" issue again.) The PCED speaks of "sufficient mastery" of a) reading, pronouncing, and c) understanding texts. There is no indication of what "sufficient mastery" is, but it is a start. I think "to read" and "pronounce correctly" are pretty much the same thing, unless "to read" and "understand" are the same. Either way, the letter does indicate that whatever the priest reads aloud must be pronounced properly. Read the story here .