Is Paris worth a few altar girls?
Don Jim (Fr. Jim Tucker) reports that for the first time his Bishop, Paul Loverde of Arlington, Virginia has authorized the traditional Latin Rite every Sunday at two parishes in his diocese. In the same message, Bishop Loverde announced that "altar girls" would be allowed to participate in parish and high school liturgies.
Fr. Tucker does a good job summarizing the downside of altar girls, so I won't rehash the arguments. However, as I've already posted, Fr. Tucker is a fan of the Old Mass. On balance, he's stoked, saying "if that's the price of the two 'Tridentine' Masses, I think it's quite a bargain."
His comment reminded me of Henry of Navarre, who is reputed to have said Paris vaut bien une messe ("Paris is well worth a Mass").
If Paris is worth a Mass, and Tridentine Masses are worth a few altar girls, we can only conclude...