1. He will need to reassert Catholic identity in clearly defined doctrine, the faith and morals of the Church and the perennial Deposit of Faith—not too difficult to do but we recognize this will be hard for the 1960’s relics who are now on life-support but don’t realize it and completely out of touch with young Catholics who are engaged with the Church.
2. He will need to recover Pope Benedict’s liturgical genius and revised the Modern Roman Missal by going back to the 1962 liturgical heritage and make the Liturgy more like the older one but with a clear vernacular version. Catholic music must be clarified and the Older Mass is the venue for that!
3. Anathemas must be reasserted as well as the removal of heterodox cardinals and other bishops. That should not be too hard as Pope Francis has shown the autocratic way.
4. Excommunications for Catholics who participate in illicit and invalid liturgical celebrations should be made clear. I was glad that Cardinal Parolin reemphasized Pope Francis’ emphasis on Pope John Paul II’s magisterial teaching that no pope and no one in the Church has the ability to admit women to Holy Orders. Parolin went further to say that anyone, bishop or otherwise, who participates in an invalid and sacrilegious ordination of a woman will be excommunicated!
5. The culture of Holy Orders and Religious life must be established beginning at the Vatican with proper clerical dress and the clerical finery that Pope Benedict was restoring especially what is expected at the Vatican!
I am sure there will be other mandates too! But the fist five are a good start!
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I believe we have reached a point of no return in many respects. Francis has very effectively presided over the "recovation" of Holy Mother CHurch and has built his bench to ensure, to the best of his ability, that no successor can undo the damage. I pray I am wrong but fear I am not. With the possible exception of Card. Erdo, it seems that the Papabile are made in the image and likeness of Francis. I was watching a very compelling presentation online which connected a lot of dots in Bergolio's past (Liberation Theology, a Marxist bent, his adherence to Cardinal Helder Camara's thinking etc.) Francis's big Encyclicals tie back almost perfectly to his thinking, writing, and political past. Hindsight is 20/20. In his role as Successor of St Peter, rather than bringing the world to the church, Francis has taken his strong worldview and is attempting to re-make the Church in that image; same sex blessings, climate change, squash any traditional way of thinking as outmoded and not wanted etc. I pray deeply for his conversion before it is too late.
Tom is right. You list is admirable, Fr.AJM, but will be secondary to presiding of a massive schism.
Father McDonald said..."Anathemas must be reasserted as well as the removal of heterodox cardinals and other bishops. That should not be too hard as Pope Francis has shown the autocratic way."
Does that include "taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions?" If so, that does not define Pope Francis. But there are folks who have labeled such recent Popes as Francis, Benedict XVI, as well as Saint John Paul II, as "autocratic."
If "autocratic" means that the Bishop of Rome will, in holy fashion, employ his awesome, God-given authority to govern the True Church, then that has applied to such recent Popes as Francis, Benedict XVI, as well as Saint John Paul II.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Father McDonald said..."He will need to recover Pope Benedict’s liturgical genius...by going back to the 1962 liturgical heritage."
The majority of bishops were not on board with that. Many "traditionalists" rejected that as well.
Rather, among more than a few trads, the following idea has, in recent years, gained traction: The Latin Church must reject the notion of liturgy (reforms) that developed from the time of Pope Venerable Pius XII to date.
But the Latin Church will not return to pre-Pian liturgical days. That is a pipe dream.
Pope Francis, for years, had spoken well of Joseph Ratzinger's liturgical vision for the Latin Church. My concern is that the failure of Summorum Pontificum may have spurred more than a few folks to look beyond Joseph Ratzinger in their search for liturgical inspiration.
However, I am unable to imagine the total rejection of holy Pope Benedict XVI's thoughts in regard to liturgy. But we will see in regard to the liturgical approach of our future Pope(s).
Pax.
Mark Thomas
I said..."However, I am unable to imagine the total rejection of holy Pope Benedict XVI's thoughts in regard to liturgy. But we will see in regard to the liturgical approach of our future Pope(s)."
Joseph Ratzinger's writings in regard to liturgy will explored for many years ahead. He has offered much to Holy Mother Church in that regard.
I question though whether Popes will turn to Pope Benedict XVI in regard to liturgical inspiration/reform "by going back to the 1962 liturgical heritage." In light of Summorum Pontificum's failure, why would a Pope(s) do that?
The failure (though not his fault) associated with Pope Benedict XVI's return "to the 1962 liturgical heritage" is not something that a Pope would wish to repeat.
Besides, in regard to his liturgical writings, Joseph Ratzinger has much more to offer than the return to 1962 A.D.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Summorum Pontificum didn't fail.
It was euthanized while still young.
Fait ther Fox,
With all due respect, you just took the bait from a malicious poseur who doesn't even believe the slop he posts here. He's just trying to push our buttons and gets some perverse pleasure from the attention.
Most of us here have learned to just let it talk to itself.
Jerome - With all due respect, although you will classify this post as bait.....
Posts expressing disagreement aren't bait.
Neither are posts that correct errors.
And neither are posts that offer differing opinions.
If your buttons are pushed by someone who disagrees, who corrects your errors, or who has opinions that differ from your, then heaven help you. You're going to have a miserable existence.
Fr K Orwell comes here to taunt a good priest whom he is not fit to tie his shoes.
Fr K Orwell is morally bankrupt voting for a Party that:
Worships Abortion and demands you pay for them
Worships Gay Marriage
Promotes drag queen shows for minors
Placing books in schools with graphic illustrations showing grade school boys how to fellate each other
Deny parental rights regarding a minor’s decision to have a sex change operation when getting ones ears pierced requires parental consent
Making our poor and middle class take second place to illegal aliens ( Blacks in Chicago are finally saying enough is enough)
Making citizens take second place to criminals in Democratic controlled cities
While his political heroes live in seaside mansions in the lap of luxury in violation of the Climate Change Religion
Yes, he is a paragon of virtue
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