Cardinal Roche Is an Evasive Prelate
"For more than 30 years, when a new Prefect arrives at the head of the Congregation for Divine Worship - Cardinal Medina, Cardinal Cañizares, Cardinal Sarah - I go to greet him, introduce him to our association and our work, and ask for his advice. For Arthur Roche, it was impossible to meet him, let alone see him or have a coffee with him".
Marquant knows that Roche has reserved a similar "non-reception" for the International Federation Una Voce: "It's as if he's afraid to clarify things".
Roche has no more work than his predecessors, who always gave a few moments to the faithful of the Roman Mass.
"But for Cardinal Roche, when you ask him if he has a moment for us, it's always 'NADA', a kind of negative variant of the famous 'TODOS', or a kind of 'NADA por TODOS los Catolicos'".
Marquant would like to ask Roche two questions:
- How has the Church's theology of the Mass changed?
- Why does Traditionis custodes say that the Roman Mass is no longer lex orandi?
Marquant also wonders whether the Mass on the one hand and the Eucharist on the other still express the same faith.
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