Posted on 07/17/2021 9:53:15 AM PDT by Marchmain
ROME – Pope Francis’s decision to restrict celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass, effectively rolling back wider permission granted under Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, is being met by predictably mixed reaction from Catholics around the globe, with some praising the move as prophetic....
....liturgy expert and editor at the New Liturgical Movement blog Gregory DiPippo said that when he heard the news, he was filled with “profound sadness and dismay at the idea that the pope would so cruelly mistreat so many of the faithful.”
Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, meanwhile, praised the pope’s decision on Twitter as, “A historic day. A bold move. A prophetic act.”
“Benedict XVI told bishops at the time of his 2007 Summorum Pontificum that it would be reviewed if it created problems. Francis has consulted the bishops of the world and they say it has. What was meant to foster unity has been used to sow division and opposition to Vatican II,” Ivereigh said.
....the move is seen by enthusiasts of the Latin Mass “for what it is, a declaration of war, and a statement of intent to drive people who did not fit into the pope’s ideological vision of the Church out of it.”
Catholics who prefer the Latin Mass “have been sent the very clear message that they are not welcome or wanted in the Church, and that the Holy See now formally rejects all idea of undertaking their pastoral care,” DiPippo said. “However, they are as a group very well catechized, and know that the Church is not the Pope’s personal plaything which entitles him to maltreat the faithful in this fashion.”
On Friday the Vatican published a new motu propio, meaning an addition to Church law issued on the pope’s own authority, titled, Traditionis Custodes...
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speaking of which..........
what is the pope doing to support his flock of cuban catholics these days???
He’s working for the clampdown.
Maybe so, but if I was an objective observer I'd be repelled by something even more fundamental.
With all the disorder and diabolical influences facing the Church and the world today, THIS is what moves Francis to issue a formal proclamation?
This is something out of a bad comedy skit. It's functionally the equivalent of firing a loyal, faithful employee for leaving spilled coffee in the office kitchen, while refusing to take any action against the unproductive misfit who walks around the office with his shmekel exposed all day long.
The Pope puts his shoes on the same way everyone else does.
This is like a weird Catholic version of Fiddler on the Roof playing out here...
Coming soon: Crossdressing trans-priests.
He’s working for the clampdown.
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Har.
you’re prolly right.
the cubano catholics are too broke to hit the collection plate at mass these days, to not getting my attention from El Papa
With the onset of the one-world government, this Pope is attempting to position the Church to be the one government-sanctioned church. In order for that to happen, much has to change to suit the whims of the globalists....including this.
He’s diabolical.
How they plan on dealing with Islam is a whole nother story.
No, I’m sure someone puts them on for him.
Yes, that’s what the “document on fraternity and living together” is all about.
I am not Catholic, but often fascinated by the discussions on catholicism here. WHY would he want something so steeped in history &, I would imagine, really beautiful to experience gone?????
The very least Francis could be doing is besides raising theological questions on the assertions made in the Islamic codex (which is their code of observance and behavior) known as Sharia, and should be defending the Chinese Catholics.
Ignores this http://www.theusmat.com/islamandfreewill.htm
and also seems to ignore what Our Savior went through to establish the new covenant , Then Plays with suppressors of the faith
The Vatican under the command of Pope Francis is busy rebuking ownership of firearms for personal protection to the cheers of Islamic followers as well as decrying attempting any evangelical conversion of islamists plus suppressing followers of the pre Vatican 2 liturgy form including the latin mass But when it comes to other forms of mono theistic beliefs such as the One World Abu Dhabi Movement. Francis refuses to say one word disclaiming and decrying what practice adherents of the Islam code Sharia not only claim, but truly believe that God has authorized them to any evil means using force or decption used to convert is justified as well as kill those who refuse to submit to their version of Gods will .
Ivereigh is bonkers.
“WHY would he want something so steeped in history &, I would imagine, really beautiful to experience gone?????”
A devil-possessed person does not find the Latin Mass “beautiful to experience”. Instead, he experiences disgust and revulsion, if not physical pain. Like direct sunlight on a vampire.
Never forget that “Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh” once bullied his girlfriend into aborting their child. That tells you all you need to know about his character and credibility and agenda.
And he’s Bergoglio biographer!
Communists hate beautiful things. They want them replaced by ugly things. It has been their pattern for over a century.
That’s the communist mentality, USSR, China, now the Vatican.
Oh my gosh! Are you sure? Hard to believe. And really a bad sign if Francis chose someone excommunicated to do his bio.
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