Since some doubt exists whether the Oratio de Spiritu should still be said in the Mass, he states that according to a declaration of the Vicar General of His Holiness, Cardinal Patrizi, made to the clergy of Rome Oct. 28, 1870, the oratio imperata and the Miss de Spiritu Sancto on Thursday were no longer obligatory. Neither the Oratio de Spiritu Sancto nor the Oratio pro Papa can now be said unless prescribed by the Ordinary of the Diocese. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 1p. 8vo.