Hope for the Latin Mass and SSPX Reconciliation
A few days ago, I posted on the appointment of Sri Lankan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith as the new secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, saying that it might be a sign of inculturation. Well, this appointment may mean much more than that: "Apparently the archbishop, when he was bishop of a diocese in Sri Lanka, was very favorably inclined toward the Tridentine Mass, and even met with Bernard Fellay, leader of the Society of St. Pius X in 2001," says Domenico Bettinelli, in a post entitled A sign from Pope Benedict on the liturgy?.
Here's what the archbishop was said to have told Fellay:
[link via Seattle Catholic]
A few days ago, I posted on the appointment of Sri Lankan Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith as the new secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, saying that it might be a sign of inculturation. Well, this appointment may mean much more than that: "Apparently the archbishop, when he was bishop of a diocese in Sri Lanka, was very favorably inclined toward the Tridentine Mass, and even met with Bernard Fellay, leader of the Society of St. Pius X in 2001," says Domenico Bettinelli, in a post entitled A sign from Pope Benedict on the liturgy?.
Here's what the archbishop was said to have told Fellay:
I agree 200% with you that there really is a problem in the Church with the liturgy and the priesthood, and both go together. We must work on this, and there is no doubt that the Pope has to set free the true Catholic Mass for everyone I am going now to Rome where I will have my private chapel. I have just taken care to get a Missal of St. Pius V to celebrate Mass as it should be.
[link via Seattle Catholic]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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