Cardinal Sarah: Liturgy Wars 'a True and Proper Sin'
Cardinal supporters and critics are debating whether the older rite should remain limited, as only 2% of U.S. Catholics attend Latin Mass weekly, researchers said.
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National Catholic ReporterThe liturgy wars are back. Spoiler: They never left.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As prominent prelates clash over the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s response may reveal his deepest instincts about authority, unity and tradition.
Sergiusz Muszyński | Recently, a statement made by Arthur Cardinal Roche to the British newspaper "The Tablet" has received widespread attention among those concerned about the future of the Church.
The division over the traditional Mass is "a tragedy, a real and authentic sin," says Cardinal Robert Sarah. The retired Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments advocated a return to the solution introduced by Benedict XVI, which assumed the coexistence of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. In his opinion, the Church in the West is currently experiencing "a period of great difficulty,…
Cardinal Robert Sarah has stated that the division surrounding the Traditional Latin Mass constitutes "a tragedy, a true and authentic sin," and has advocated for a return to the model promoted by Benedict XVI, in which the Novus Ordo and the Traditional Latin liturgy coexisted within the Roman Rite. The Guinean cardinal believes that the Church in the West is going through "a time of great difficulty, even confusion," especially in the doctrina…
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