How Leo XIV’s Consistory Plays Out — or Was Played
Even participating cardinals had previously believed official messaging and expected the liturgy to be addressed. Cardinal Hollerich of Luxembourg told journalists outside the Synod Hall on Wednesday that he had believed the Mass in the Roman rite would be discussed during the consistory.
“I’m not against it,” he said, “but I do not like some of the values that are sometimes attached to it — no interreligious dialogue, not accepting the Second Vatican Council, and so on. But the liturgy itself, I think, is no problem. If many people have access to God through that liturgy, then that’s fine with me.”
Is Leo XIV Playing for Time with Naive Catholics?
However, Leo XIV informed the consistory that, due to alleged “time constraints,” only two of the four outlined topics would be discussed.
He then staged a vote, resulting in synodality and evangelisation being placed on the agenda, while the liturgy and the relationship between the Curia and the dioceses were set aside.
Other Cardinals’ Voices on the Roman Rite
Asked about restrictions on the Roman rite imposed after Traditionis Custodes, Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, said he was “indifferent” to the issue. He does not celebrate the Tridentine Mass, though he recalled serving at it as a boy.
Several cardinals from the developing world expressed similar ambivalence regarding questions related to the Roman rite. “I’m indifferent to that question,” Cardinal Virgilio do Carmo da Silva of Dili, Timor-Leste, told the press outside the Synod Hall.
The Holy See press office added on Wednesday evening, in a briefing after the sessions, that questions related to the liturgy would be addressed within the broader discussion of the Church’s mission and evangelisation.
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