Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Sarah, not Pope Benedict although Cardinal Sarah would be of Pope Benedict’s liturgical school of thought.
Pope Francis’ liturgical style is blah and he certainly celebrates by he book. However, he is not rigid and certainly has no time for the EF Mass or its adherents, although he courts the charismatics who have as many issues with Protestant fundamentalism as does the Trad community with Catholic fundamentalism.
Who will Pope Francis appoint to replace Cardinal Sarah?
Will it be the dreaded other Marini? Or will it be the appreciated, sainted Marini?
Or will it be Cardinal Cupich of Chicago who has a 1980’s liturgy degree, wreckovated the Pontifical College Josephinum’s main chapel and smaller chapels, all of which have been restored to their original splendor and by no less than a bishopapabile priest of my diocese who was rector there overseeing these brilliant renovations. (I want to be extra nice and charitable to him since he could be my next bishop!)
Does the Vatican’s CDW have any effect on local liturgies anyway? The only Vatican person who really brought about some actual changes on the local level was Pope Benedict of happy memory.
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It makes not a hap'orth of difference. Pope Benedict's modelling of more traditional liturgy had no effect on most parishes which simply have carried on as before. Summorum Pontificum was the game-changer since it established a principle, namely that valid and legitimate rites cannot be simply suppressed on the whim of a pope, even if he thinks he has the backing of a General Council.
Those who advocated liturgical changes in the 20th century may not have known that they would be accompanied by what amounted to apostasy in matters of faith and morals; some may have anticipated the outcome and welcomed it. Quite honestly after a lifetime of avoiding bad liturgy and even worse music I no longer care. I do my bit to support decent standards, and am encouraged that people far younger than I am are on the same page.
But I appreciate that the damage done will take centuries to repair. In the short time I have left, I will not on principle encourage it by my presence. I am determined to leave this life as I entered it; the Rituale Romanum is on my bookshelf and any priest visiting me when I am in extremis will use it, or be shown the door. Enough is enough.
John, in this country Benedict shaped a lot of our younger priests and many parishes went to the "Benedictine" altar arrangement, put out kneelers to allow communicants to kneel for Holy Communion and of course the EF Mass spread quite widely.I was allowed to restore the altar railing and use it in my previous parish--which never would have happened if not for Benedict distributing Holy Communion to kneeling communicants. And I use the altar rail now in our chapel. I can't imagine doing it without Benedict leading the way. But you are correct others simply continued with the status quo.
I'll give you a clue: Pachamama statues are about to be mass-produced for the syncretistic revolution about to be imposed upon the Church.
Mouth-breathing Catholics have been fattened up and are ripe for the picking.
The dreaded Marini is too old now, thank goodness.
I read on some Italian site a while back that Vittorio Viola (Bishop of Tortona) is in the frame for Sarah's post: a "bergogliano" apparently, which is no surprise.
I rarely find fault with John Nolan’s observations, but the complete reversal of the damaged liturgy is not more than ten, and as little as five years off based solely on the lifespan of human employment.
It is also a wonderful era for Pope Francis to criticize a black man in public.
rcg,
I think John Nolan may be referring to the fact that it may take centuries to win back Catholics in the same numbers we had practicing their faith prior to Vatican Disaster II. Even with a restored, more traditional Liturgy it is going to take a lot of convincing to get people back.
It definitely won’t be ANY American as that would only increase polarisation and politicisation of the so called “liturgy wars”.
Most likely it will be the current secretary Arthur Roche - an Englishman!
UK Priest - And it's greatly to his credit!
If it IS Roche, consider this from Wikipedia:
"In September 2017, when Francis released his letter Magnum principium giving regional and national bishops' synods the dominant role and constraining the authority of the CDW, Roche provided the commentary and Sarah played no role."
Sounds kind of like a company man.
A couple of websites are reporting that Cardinal Sarah has been confirmed in his post:
https://www.cath.ch/newsf/le-cardinal-sarah-reconduit-a-la-congregation-pour-le-culte-divin/
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