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To Experience True Relationship with God in the Liturgy, Faithful’s Participation Cannot Be Passive, Pope Says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition, the liturgical reform put forth by the Second Vatican Council grew from the need for the faithful to celebrate the liturgy more “consciously and actively,” and not “as strangers and silent spectators,” Pope Leo XIV said. “The faithful ‘cannot and must no longer remain silent and passive. Their physical presence cannot be reconciled with their spiritual absence,'” he said, quo…

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Vatican City, 26 Aug (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV today appealed to the responsibility of bishops and priests for a correct interpretation of the Catholic liturgy in line with the reform promoted by the Second Vatican Council and rejected the abuses that have been committed in this matter from some sectors of the Church. "The liturgical reform promoted by the Second Vatican Council is in line with the living tradition of the Church. Its correct understa…

Pope Leo XIV states that liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council were necessary to prevent believers from remaining passive and spiritually absent during the celebrations.

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The news Leo XIV calls on the faithful not to be “mute spectators” and claims the value of liturgical reform was first published in Last Minute Religious News

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National Catholic Register broke the news in Irondale, United States on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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