I could not get the edit in. I don't think a dead language should be the normative text. It is reminiscent of the great crimes of the Church in history. Latin was not the language of the early Church; it IS the language of Empire, Roman particularly.
      Benedict betrayed the People of God in allowing this return to the past and enabling the spiritual corruption of the Church. 
      As for a return to what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper, the turning of the alter to face the laity is an example of what I referred to. I am not changing anything I said, except your understanding, over which I have no control. 
        In fact, no ex-Nazi should have been allowed to become Pope, much less head of the CDC. Forgiven, yes but he cannot help but repeat the errors of his past, albeit in new and novel ways, such as his imposition of a literal translation from a dead language while keeping a modern English translation of the Scriptures. 
Why not the Douay-Rheims then? (rhetorical)