An Australian newspaper claims that Pope Benedict plans to release the rumored indult as a motu proprio soon.
Things that you should know that reporters probably do not know to tell you:
1.) Rumors. The exact same rumors were bandied about at this exact same time last year. Only I didn't hear the thing about the printers. But even if it's a true rumor, it could be true for the more remote future rather than the near future. You know how the Vatican works.
2.) The "Latin Mass." Vatican II did not "get rid" of Latin, although a casual observer might be forgiven for thinking so. So far as I know, every Sacramentary has the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin. If you look in the front of an English Sacramentary, you will see a decree from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments dated March 26, 1970 stating that the Latin edition of the new (1970) Roman Missal may be used immediately as soon as it is printed, but other languages must wait for special permission.
3.) What changes I expect you will (or won't) see in the near future. Don't suppose that there will be this huge tide of 1962 Missal (aka the Tridentine Mass) sweeping in. If you don't understand how this works - How many priests do you know who are prepared to celebrate Mass according to the current (1970) Roman Missal mostly or all in Latin (which is right now always allowed and requires no special permission)? Divide that number by (by my guess) ten or perhaps more and you will have an estimate of how many might be interested in celebrating 1962 Missal Mass.
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