"IF I MUST EXPRESS A WISH, IT IS THAT IN CHURCH YOU NOT SHOUT OUT, THAT YOU NOT CLAP YOUR HANDS, AND THAT YOU NOT GREET EVEN THE POPE, BECAUSE ‘TEMPLUM DEI, TEMPLUM DEI.’"-POPE SAINT JOHN XXIII; “IT IS NOT FITTING THAT THE SERVANT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED IN HIS MASTER’S HOUSE.”-POPE PIOUS X; CLAPPING AT MASS; "WHEREVER APPLAUSE BREAKS OUT IN THE LITURGY BECAUSE OF SOME HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT,
IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT THE ESSENCE OF LITURGY HAS TOTALLY DISAPPEARED
AND BEEN REPLACED BY A KIND OF RELIGIOUS ENTERTAINMENT."-POPE BENEDICT XVI