Francis Further "Restricts" Roman Rite: Bans Holy Orders And Confirmation
The text which will remain dead letter, was approved by Francis. The worst points:
- Coercion to concelebrate, particularly at Chrism Mass, which contradicts Canon Law.
- Everybody is forbidden to use the Roman Rite Pontificale (i.e. no confirmations, no priestly ordinations), the Roman Rite Ritual is only allowed in personal parishes;
- Using or publishing vernacular lectionaries containing the Roman Rite readings is forbidden, the readings at Mass must be in vernacular according to modern interpretations;
- Newly ordained priest "need" an express authorisation from Francis for celebrating the Roman Rite;
- It's recommended to grant the Roman Rite faculties only temporary;
- In absence of an authorised priest, the priest replacing him must have a formal authorisation.
- Authorisation by the diocesan bishop is also required for deacons and "instituted ministers";
- it is "forbidden" to celebrate more than one Mass, or one Mass and one Eucharist a day; but a priest can preside two Eucharists a day;
- The authorisation to celebrate the Roman Mass is valid for a diocesan priests only inside their home diocese;
- The Roman Rite is banished from parish churches to affirm that it is “not part of the ordinary life of the parish;”
The text is full of bitter cynicism such as the statement that “as pastors we must not lend ourselves to sterile polemics, capable only of creating division, in which the ritual [= Novus ordo] itself is often exploited by ideological viewpoints.”
Another sarcastic statement is the call to rediscover the “value of the liturgical reform by preserving the truth and beauty of the Rite that it has given us.”
It goes without saying that compliance with such a text would not only contradict the intention of Francis, who has polemicised against legalism and rigidity countless times, but would also be a sin, since Archbishop Roche is not master of the rite of the Church.
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