Cardinal Roche, "Your Excellency Has No Authority To Allow Mass In Parish Churches"
In the name of "synodality", Francis is imposing a Roman centralism unprecedented in the history of the Church.
Last example: Cardinal Roche, the prefect for the liturgy, is telling parishes how to organise their schedule.
Peter Kwasniewski published on February 6 the transcript of a letter, that Roche sent to a US bishop invoking Canon 87 to grant a dispensation from Traditionis custodes in order to continue celebrating Mass in a parish church.
However, Roche claimed that the bishop did "not have the authority" to do so. He believes that it is his decision whether a parish church is used for Mass and whether a priest ordained after 16 July 2021 may celebrate Mass.
Roche accuses the bishop of a "defect" and "requests" him to petition for a dispensation [that will not be granted] and to provide information about the number of faithful and the strategy to lure them into the [failed] Novus Ordo.
It seems that Roche doesn't know that he has no authority to interfere in the daily life of …More
There is no legal basis for Roche's claims. He simply misrepresents if not outrights flaunts canon law!
Bishops can and should ignore it! Questions is whether, IF the rumoured aposttolic constitution restricting the Tridentine mass comes out, canon 87 can still be used against that as well.
First, what was once holy remains holy. Second, no prelate of the Church has any authority to abolish or suppress holy things. Therefore, any priest with faculties has a right to use the traditional Mass and sacraments without seeking any permission from any prelate. The Mass and sacraments are not the property of a Pope or Bishops that they can do with whatever they want. They belong to the whole Church, the people of God, and are given to us by God for our salvation.