Archbishop Cordileone: "Why It Was So Easy to Change the Mass"
In an interview with PillarCatholic.com on 16 May, he said: "What's deeply rooted in our Catholic tradition is something that can anchor Catholics in what is timeless, holy and sacred."
To those critical of the Latin Mass, Archbishop Cordileone would say: "Get to know it first. Don't criticise what you don't know. Experience it, learn it, seek to understand it, and then you're in a position to critique."
He believes that even before Vatican II, priests didn't understand many of the gestures and rites of the Mass either. "I suppose that's why it was so easy to change them."
Archbishop Cordileone wants to educate people so that they can recover more of that symbolism and sacramental sensitivity.
He hopes that Pope Leo XIV wants to be a bridge builder: "I think he could end the liturgy wars."
His vision is that the traditional Mass will be easily accessible to those who want it. "I hope that one day both forms of the Mass will be the ordinary experience of everyday Catholics, and that they will feel equally comfortable with either," Archbishop Cordileone said:
"The problem is that they're now being sequestered and told that they can't even celebrate Mass in a parish church — another restriction that came from the dicastery [Cardinal Arthur Roche]."
A parish "should be allowed to hold a traditional Mass as part of the published schedule."
The Vatican "has to pastor" Catholics of the Roman Rite in a way that keeps them in communion. They should not be left on their own, nor should they be restricted.
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