Vatican cardinal argues against 'liturgical war' approach
March 09, 2015
Cardinal Robert Sarah argued strongly in favor of reverence in the liturgy, but also cautioned against an adversarial approach to “liturgical war,” in an exclusive interview with Aleteia.
The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship said that Vatican II had never intended the abolition of the traditional Mass. At the same time, he said, the Church must pursue the liturgical renewal that the Council envisioned. He suggested that if the liturgy is celebrated with reverence, “an understanding will certainly be reached.”
In the Aleteia interview, the cardinal also expressed his full support and confidence in Pope Francis, dismissing the notion that the Pontiff would change Church teaching on marriage. “Personally, I fully trust him and I encourage all Christians to do the same,” he said.
On another topic, Cardinal Sarah said that the groundswell of public support for marriage in France had been “an expression of fidelity to the Church and to the faith.” Although the movement failed to meet its immediate goal, when the country’s government pushed forward to recognize same-sex marriage, the African cardinal disputed the idea that the public demonstrations had failed. “Christ also apparently failed,” he remarked.
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Posted by: wacondaseeds4507 -
Mar. 10, 2015 11:29 PM ET USA
If Blessed Paul VI had "abrogated" the Traditional Mass (which he did not), then he would not have permitted St. Pio of Pietrelcina and others to continue celebrating it.
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Posted by: shrink -
Mar. 09, 2015 3:40 PM ET USA
"The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship said that Vatican II had never intended the abolition of the traditional Mass." If Pope trumps Prefect, then this is simply a false statement. I remember very very clearly, in 1975 Pope Paul VI, made it unequivocally clear that the "Trad Mass" had been abrogated when he promulgated the Novus Ordo in response to the V2 mandate. At the time this greatly upset me, but i stopped going to the Trad Mass because of Paul's dictate.