09/16/2025
Cardinal Sarah has spoken about restrictions on the Latin Mass in a new interview published this week:
'All baptized persons have citizenship in the Church, sharing its Creed and its resulting morality. Over the centuries, the diversity of rites celebrating the one Eucharistic sacrifice has never created problems for authorities, because the unity of faith was clear. Indeed, I believe the variety of rites in the Catholic world is a great wealth.
A rite, moreover, is not composed at a desk, but is the fruit of theological and cultic stratification and sedimentation.
I wonder if it is possible to "ban" a rite that is over a thousand years old.
Finally, if the liturgy is also a source for theology, how can we deny access to "ancient sources"? It would be like prohibiting the study of St. Augustine to anyone who wishes to reflect correctly on grace or the Trinity'
