Damian Thompsons religion blog for The Telegraph has the story and videos of the disruption of a Mass in the diocese of Evreux, France, when the local bishop announced that as part of a reorganization of the diocese, he was removing thetraditionalist pastorof some 23 years. The responses to Thompsons blog are also interesting, indicating the passions involved, both in France and in England. And here, in French, is a lengthy analysis that indicates the various elements that enter into the dispute.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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