Fear Is the Reason Why Francis Wants to Get Rid of Summorum Pontificum
In truth, Summorum Pontificum explicitly says that the liberation of the Roman Mass is not a concession to PiusX, but that a liturgy that was sacred for centuries could not suddenly be wrong and banned.
Francis went on complaining that today many young diocesan priests celebrate the Old Latin Mass, "although they may not even understand Latin.” He obviously concluded from himself to others.
As more information about the meeting is emerging (e.g. on MarcoTosatti.com) it seems that, indeed, Francis plans to abolish Summorum Pontificum.
He illustrated this with a story of a bishop who asked a young priest who had started celebrating the Old Mass whether he knew Latin. The priest said that he was learning it. The bishop replied that he would do better to learn Spanish or Vietnamese, since there were many Hispanics and Vietnamese in the diocese. The bishop himself didn't know Vietnamese.
Francis indicated that Cardinal Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Faith, spoke against abolishing the Motu Proprio - but only for political reasons. According to Ladaria, this would provoke “a worldwide malaise” and an “uncontrollable opposition.”
Cardinal Parolin, Francis' yes-man at the Secretariat of State, on the other hand, supports Francis’ „new interpretation“ of Summorum Pontificum.
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