A special note to readers in Oklahoma and the Dallas area
By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Feb 24, 2014
Do you have a parish, school, club, or other group that might be looking for a speaker sometime at the end of May? I don’t travel often, but I’ll be in Oklahoma at the end of that month (exact dates not yet certain) to give a couple of talks. I’d be happy to add another date or two to my list. If you’re interested, you can find a bit more information on my personal web site, or you can write to me directly: [email protected]. I’d be happy to hear from you!
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.
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Posted by: feedback -
Aug. 30, 2017 1:46 AM ET USA
"Irreversible reform" sounds like "the war to end all wars."
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Posted by: billG -
Aug. 30, 2017 12:11 AM ET USA
"Irreversible" indeed. NOT. Were that true we would not have the Novus Ordo. Pius V said in Quo Primum Tempore: "All other of the churches referred to above, however, are hereby denied the use of other missals, which are to be discontinued entirely and absolutely; whereas, by this present Constitution, which will be valid henceforth, now, and forever, ,..." We wander in the liturgical desert of the Novus Ordo Missae,... For now but not irreversibly.
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Posted by: JDeFauw -
Aug. 29, 2017 11:31 PM ET USA
My understanding is that no Pope can bind a future Pope in matters of discipline and liturgy. Even though it's unlikely a future Pope would "reverse" the liturgical reform, I think he would have the authority to do so if he so chose. In any case, Pope Benedict's reform of the reform was not a reversal of the liturgical reform, so if Cardinal Sarah is our next Pope, he could certainly give that idea his support.
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Posted by: MatJohn -
Aug. 29, 2017 10:05 PM ET USA
Despite his Jesuitical academic background, the pope embarrasses with many of his statements that border on puerile.
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Posted by: koinonia -
Aug. 29, 2017 9:56 AM ET USA
"It is therefore permitted to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass following the typical edition of the Roman Missal, which was promulgated by Blessed John XXIII... and never abrogated.." "The sacraments are for the people." The liturgy isn't the pawn of autocracy. In 4 decades there's been more change than a millennium. Corruption has set in. Speaking of one pope reversing another tit-for-tat is a testimony how far profoundly altered things have gotten. It's ominous. This is no plaything.
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Posted by: shrink -
Aug. 29, 2017 6:32 AM ET USA
Phil, as is your custom, your logic is unimpeachable—any pope can reverse the disciplinary form of a predecessor—on paper. But reluctantly, I am inclined to believe Francis, because the Vatican bureaucracy is generally aligned with him and was against B16. The Church's own "deep state" will never allow another JP2 or B16 to get a foothold into the inner workings of the Vatican. The Left runs the Vatican now, it will never let go, so long as there is a Vatican.
