Given below is the text of a communique released by the Holy See Press Office concerning Benedict XVI's forthcoming Motu Proprio on the use of the Missal promulgated by Blessed John XXIII in 1962.
"A meeting was held under the presidency of the Cardinal Secretary of State in which the content and spirit of the Holy Father's forthcoming Motu Proprio on the use of the Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962 was explained to representatives from various episcopal conferences. The Holy Father also arrived to greet those present, spending nearly an hour in deep conversation with them.
"The publication of the document — which will be accompanied by an extensive personal letter from the Holy Father to individual bishops — is expected within a few days, once the document itself has been sent to all the bishops with an indication of when it will come into effect."
