But are they all the same Mass if they are all in different languages? The Latin Mass gives the Church a unifying feature that no matter where in the world you are you will hear the same.
Latin is almost a dead language, used primarily for interpreting historical texts and in scientific terminology. Having it as the primary language of the mass when no one speaks it is a bit of an issue.
Any church worried about numbers can simply stick to the local language. There is no attendance justification for banning it.
The Catholic church has everyone around the world focused on the same mass at the same time. That's a whole lot of focused energy.
But are they all the same Mass if they are all in different languages? The Latin Mass gives the Church a unifying feature that no matter where in the world you are you will hear the same.
Dude never heard of time zones.
Latin is almost a dead language, used primarily for interpreting historical texts and in scientific terminology. Having it as the primary language of the mass when no one speaks it is a bit of an issue.
It's beautiful, but it's not useful
Wrong.
Coptic Egyptians still speak ancient Egyptian. Jews with Hebrew. Assyrians still speak Aramaic.
These languages survived and revived because they were used for liturgy.
They've decided the same topics is enough magic. The language isn't as important my more.