Pope Benedict May Implement More Liturgical Reforms

ObiterDicta SG

VATICAN ANALYST SAYS POPE BENEDICT ON VERGE OF IMPLEMENTING REAL LITURGICAL REFORM

Vatican City, Jun. 30, 2006 (CNA) - Vatican analyst, Sandro Magister, of the online magazine LEspresso says in an article to be published soon that Pope Benedict XVI will implement real liturgical reform in his upcoming Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist.

Magister bases his analysis on an interview with Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, published in the French Catholic daily, La Croix.

He says that while the 15 cardinals and archbishops that make up the Synod council have already presented their recommendations, Its the Pope who will have the last word. Magister predicts there will be surprises from Benedict XVI himself, who has very clear ideas on topics such as the Eucharist and liturgy. And he is very critical of some aspects of the post-conciliar liturgical reform.

ObiterDicta SG

This is an article which provides details of what Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith actually said:

http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=68961&eng=y

Notable quotes:

"Today, the problems of the liturgy center around language (vernacular or Latin) and the position of the priest, whether he faces the assembly or faces God. I will surprise you here: nowhere in the conciliar decree does it say that the priest must face the assembly, nor that the use of Latin is forbidden! If the use of the common tongue is permitted, notably in the liturgy of the Word, the decree is very clear that the use of the Latin language should be maintained in the Latin rite. We are waiting for the pope to give us his guidelines on these subjects."

SingaporeMacross SG

If I’m not wrong, Latin Novus Ordo Masses are allowed. Tridentine Masses need an indult.