Catholics by Brian More could be read in one sitting. It's a short book and the story is simple. Some monks on an island off the coast of Ireland are the only people holding on to Latin and pre-Vatican II liturgy. It is set in the future--after a Vatican IV.
Father Kinsala is sent to put a stop to the old Mass and Latin. You would think that the monks would put up a fight to keep the old ways that they love. You would be wrong.
The monks are obedient. Father Abbot has lost his faith. He feels he is just a manager of a corporation and Corporate has told him to change direction. He does. He makes the other monks obey him.
What rubbed me the wrong way was that I always thought Catholics were "both and people." Both liturgical rites would be accommodated along with Latin. Not in this book.
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