Posted on 12/15/2021 5:08:53 PM PST by ebb tide
o try to get authoritative confirmation on the rumoured instruction about the application of Pope Francis’ motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, today I contacted the heads of two dicasteries most likely involved in issuing the document — Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
As they both had declined to respond to questions I had sent them a week or so ago on the Rome instruction that prohibits celebration of all the traditional sacraments except the Eucharist, I sent them the following message:
“In view of the deep concerns about possible changes to the traditional form of the Roman Rite, I am writing to respectfully ask if you would answer this following question with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no.’
Is a document being prepared on the application of Traditionis Custodes to the universal Church (i.e. beyond the Diocese of Rome) that would prohibit any of the sacraments other than the Eucharist being celebrated in the traditional form of the Roman Rite?”
As it was a straightforward question, I asked if they could respond by 1.30pm, the time when most of the Vatican offices close for the day. After emailing them, I followed up with calls to their respective secretaries to ensure they received my message, which they confirmed.
At 12.30, Cardinal Braz de Aviz’s secretary responded, saying His Eminence had “seen your message and asks me to reply that he has nothing to say about your question.”
Archbishop Roche did not respond.
Coupled with various Rome sources and Rorate Caeli’s Dec. 14 article insisting such a document is in the works, it therefore looks highly likely that one is imminent, and that some version of the Rome instruction involving similar prohibitions can be expected.
The application document is likely to have been discussed when Archbishop Roche and the Congregation Secretary, Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, had a private audience with Pope Francis on Nov. 18.
One way or another, we’ll know soon enough what they have unilaterally decided.
Archbishop Roche did not respond.
Coupled with various Rome sources and Rorate Caeli’s Dec. 14 article insisting such a document is in the works, it therefore looks highly likely that one is imminent, and that some version of the Rome instruction involving similar prohibitions can be expected.
Ping
I am glad my children are already confirmed.
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