Cardinal Roche’s Paper against the Mass in the Roman Rite
Cardinal Arthur Roche distributed at Leo XIV’s consistory last week a text on liturgy. Journalist Nico Spuntoni published the two-page report (facsimile below). It is a strong defence of Traditionis Custodes.
The report was one of four texts distributed to the cardinals. The others were written by Cardinals Tucho (Faith), Grech (Synod) and Baggio (Human development).
The strongest ideological rejection of the Mass in the Roman rite is in four quotations taken from Francis in the report's points 9, 10 and 11:
- “For this reason we cannot go back to that ritual form which the Council Fathers, cum Petro et sub Petro, felt the need to reform.”
- “The use of liturgical books that the Council sought to reform was… a concession that in no way envisaged their promotion.”
- “The liturgical books promulgated by the holy Popes Paul VI and John Paul II… are the sole expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite.”
- “I do not see how it is possible to say that one recognizes the validity of the …More
Please leave the Liturgy alone. There is NOTHING you prelates can add, modify, or change that will make it more salutary. It should not have been "reformed." during VII in the first place. We are not Protestants.
The II Vatican missal was published in 1965. Few people saw the 1970 missal coming; it would probably not have been approved by the council.
Wild that a paragraph like this could be written without mentioning Benedict by name.
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Cardinal Roche interpreted Vatican Council II unethically and deceptively : Traditionis Custode is obsolete with the Irrational Premise
From Gloria TV with comments:
Cardinal Roche interpreted Vatican Council II …
There cannot be a reform based upon the irrational interpreation of Vatican Council II. The Church has moved forward. We now have a rational and traditional interpretation of Vatican Council II. Traditionis Custode is obsolete . Since it is based upon the irrational and unethical interpretation of the Council. We now have a moral choice.
I know that it is not a theological statement, much less a moral question, but I cannot take seriously text in Comic Sans, which actually does resemble Charles M. Shulz's pen strokes in "Peanuts."
He hates the traditional Mass.
I haven't read it... I wrote Abp Nichols et al. long in advance fully anticipating they were going to attempt to do a hatchet job on the TLM.. whether he has any standing any more, that is another question.
In this text, +Roche again promotes the lie that Benedict XVI issued Summorum Pontificum as a concession. He didn’t and Benedict explicitly stated it was about liturgical/theological continuity, not politics. It’s particularly disgusting in light of Benedict’s passing