Gloria TV News. Unqualified Acceptance of the Last Council? Switzerland In the July Newsletter for the Diocese of Basel in Switzerland, the local Bishop Kurt Koch has written an article giving a …More
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Unqualified Acceptance of the Last Council?
Switzerland
In the July Newsletter for the Diocese of Basel in Switzerland, the local Bishop Kurt Koch has written an article giving a forthright reply to a recent petition for the "unqualified acceptance of the council”. Koch is also the President of the Swiss Bishops' Conference. He says: Right from the start, the expression "unqualified acceptance" of the Council irritates me because I don’t know anyone — myself included — to whom it would apply. He then gives examples from the Council to which many "vocal defenders" would not give "unqualified acceptance", the first two being the instruction that the Latin language should be retained in the Liturgy and that Gregorian Chant should be given pride of place.
The Pope Mentioned it Again
Vatican
Yesterday on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul before the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI referred once again to his forthcoming social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. The …More
Unqualified Acceptance of the Last Council?
Switzerland
In the July Newsletter for the Diocese of Basel in Switzerland, the local Bishop Kurt Koch has written an article giving a forthright reply to a recent petition for the "unqualified acceptance of the council”. Koch is also the President of the Swiss Bishops' Conference. He says: Right from the start, the expression "unqualified acceptance" of the Council irritates me because I don’t know anyone — myself included — to whom it would apply. He then gives examples from the Council to which many "vocal defenders" would not give "unqualified acceptance", the first two being the instruction that the Latin language should be retained in the Liturgy and that Gregorian Chant should be given pride of place.
The Pope Mentioned it Again
Vatican
Yesterday on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul before the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI referred once again to his forthcoming social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. The …More
