The Mass at John Lateran in Rome this Sunday is part of Francis’ “hermeneutic of continuity” – with Vatican II, with Pope Paul’s reform of the rites, and with the rest of the Catholic Church.
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The Liturgy in Pope Benedict’s Address to the Clergy of the City of Rome.
Vatican Radio’s report on Pope Benedict’s address to the parish clergy of Rome, in which he reminisced on Vatican II and ruminated on its significance, contains a couple of interesting sets of remarks on the liturgy.
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Who could praise rupture?
Read moreWas Vatican II a “rupture” with tradition?
Was the renewal brought about by Vatican II so great as to cause a “rupture” with the tradition of the church? Ironically, there are progressives and traditionalists who would agree that there was in fact a rupture.
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