Cardinal Sarah Hails Leo XIV on Latin Mass, Only Bishops Are Problem
On Leo XIV's letter to the French bishops
"It seems to me that the Holy Father did well to write to the French Bishops, encouraging them to be more open to the traditional Mass, because it is a Mass we have celebrated for centuries."
Follow what Leo XIV says
"I think that what was written to the French Bishops must apply to all bishops: be more open, so as not to create division for no reason."
"We must follow what Pope Leo says - that is, not be so averse toward something holy, something beautiful, something conducive to recollection."
Traditionis Custodes should be abrogated
"Yes, let's hope so. This depends on the Holy Father's decision, but perhaps the Holy Father could be helped. If, for example, in a Consistory he were to suggest — let's have more openness, let's not impede anything — so that little by little, even if there is no document that would abrogate Traditionis Custodes, it would still disappear gradually, day after day, year after year.”
No authority to prevent Latin Mass
"I don't know what authority we have to prevent a liturgy that has been celebrated for centuries."
"This Tridentine liturgy is 1,600 years old. We cannot say that what has been done for 1,600 years is no longer valid now."
Why liturgy must become central again
"It seems to me that today the liturgy is an urgent topic—that is, the relationship between man and God. God is the Creator, and man must kneel before God, adore him, thank him, submit to His will, return to God."
"The liturgy is a relationship of trust, of submission to God... He will bring peace to mankind, in the Church, in the world—but a sacred liturgy, not a game, not entertainment."
On "synodality" as a term
"For my part, I have never understood this change to calling the Church a 'Synodal Church.' I have always believed that the Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church is Mother, the Church is Teacher, the Church is a Bride... I do not understand why we should give her another name."
"Because the Church is not an assembly of all Christians who must vote, who must give their opinion. The Church must teach, and it is the bishops who teach, the priests who teach."
Doctrine cannot be voted on — with a direct reference to homosexuality
"A doctrine is not something one votes on, it cannot be voted on. A moral teaching cannot be voted on; it is a teaching received from God. It's not the case that, because the majority says homosexuality is a good thing, that it's right, when it's written clearly in Revelation, in the Catechism, that it's something disordered."
On Study Group Number 9 and homosexuality
"If we want to be faithful to Revelation, if we want to be faithful to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, if we also want to follow nature, I think this document must be examined by the Holy Father before it is sent out, because there should not be a Western group with a specifically Western tendency seeking to impose itself on the whole Church — as happened with Fiducia Supplicans. There will be reactions."
Questioning the group's composition
"I don't know who makes up this Study Group No. 9, who these experts are, what nation they are from, what culture they are from. Are they African, Asian, European, from Oceania? Because this cannot simply be published without the Holy Father's permission."
Confidence in Leo XIV
"I think the Holy Father is very prudent and will not allow the dissemination of a text that he has not approved after careful study."
When Cardinal Sarah Criticized Francis
"The only time I have felt moved to criticize Pope Francis — because Pope Francis said... when we held the Amazon Synod, I asked myself, doesn't Latin America have a Madonna venerated in every country of Latin America? The Guadalupe… Why did they not bring Guadalupe to preside over the Synod on the Amazon? Instead, they brought an Inca idol, and this idol entered the Basilica of Saint Peter."
"When Pope Francis went to Singapore, he said that all religions are equal, that they are like paths, like languages, like different dialects. They all lead to God. But then what is the point of the Incarnation?... Then Christ is lying when he says 'no one goes to the Father except through Me, I am the door.' That is, sheer paganism has entered the Church."
No one can change doctrine
"No one can change the doctrine of Christ... No one can change moral doctrine or other doctrine. No, no one. Because it is not ours... There can be no paradigm shift."
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