Posted on 11/08/2016 4:41:11 PM PST by marshmallow
ROME, November 8, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – Is Cardinal Robert Sarah slowly being silenced? An indication of such a development surfaced with the cardinal’s withdrawal from participating in a congress in Germany.
After the recent overhaul of the Vatican liturgy office, which Cardinal Sarah heads, he is now backing out of public appearances.
In a press release by the Kölner international Liturgische Tagung (International Liturgical Conference of Cologne), Father Guido Rodheudt, conference organizer, explained that Cardinal Sarah “regrettably had to cancel his participation in the 18th Liturgical conference” in 2017.
This news came as a surprise since the Cardinal had three times confirmed his participation, including in writing, since November 2015, said Rodheudt. Cardinal Sarah cancelled not only his participation in-person, but will also not submit his written paper to be read by a representative — a practice common for cardinals in cases of emergency absence.
In an interview with the German news agency kath.net, Fr. Rodheudt explained: “Cardinal Sarah has told us that for the coming year a number of obligations came up, which force him to cancel his participation even after repeated confirmation.”
“The meaning of the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum for the Renewal of the Liturgy in the Latin Church” was to be his topic, said Rodheudt.
Fr. Rodheudt interprets the recent overhaul of Sarah’s congregation and the cancellation of his upcoming public appearances as a direct result of Sarah’s attempt to reform the liturgical praxis and the post-conciliar abuses that have pervaded the liturgical praxis of countless parishes all over the world.
“With his summation in London, Cardinal Sarah has revealed cracks and breaks of the liturgy. The liturgical praxis after the council has widespread lost the sense for the sacred and the worship of the invisibly present God more and more. […] That......
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Cardinals, please take note and make this man pope next time.
This Southern Baptist would like to see either Burke or Sarah as Pope.
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