Thu Feb 19, 2026 - 5:25 pm ESTFri Feb 20, 2026 - 6:33 am EST (LifeSiteNews) — A Benedictine priest and liturgical scholar ripped as “embarrassing,” even “in the extreme,” points made by Cardinal Arthur Roche in his recent document on the liturgy distributed at the extraordinary consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV. Dom Alcuin Reid, a Benedictine monk, priest, and liturgical scholar, broke down Roche’s document defending Traditionis Custodes and the suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass in an analysis recently published by journalist Diane Montagna. In the missive, which is expected to be discussed by the next consistory in late June, Roche claimed that “we cannot go back” to the Traditional Latin Mass. Reid called out Roche’s invoking of Quo Primum because it declared that “there ought to be only one rite for celebrating the Mass” as “gravely intellectually dishonest.” “Trent asked the bishops to correct abuses, not to remake or standardize their rites, and Quo Primum …