Italian journalist sees Pope challenging Italian bishops on liturgical reform

November 12, 2010

In his message to the Italian bishops’ conference this week, Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of reverence in the Eucharistic liturgy. Sandro Magister of L’Espresso sees the papal message as “a severe rebuke to the Italian Catholic hierarchy,” since the country’s bishops have shown little appetite for the liturgical “reform of the reform.”

 

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Further information:

• The Pope Rattles the Bishops: "Learn from Saint Francis" (Espresso)
• Liturgical reform begins with reverence, Pope reminds Italian bishops (CWN 11/09)