Holy Mass: French Movement Publishes [Another] Appeal to Deaf Ears
Jean-Pierre Maugendre, director of "Renaissance Catholique", a Catholic association in France, published an appeal on 22 April asking Francis to "allow" the Roman Mass, as if Francis had inadvertently "banned" it in 2021.
Maugendre: "The Church is afflicted by an internal crisis that manifests itself in a decline in religious practice, a decline in priestly and religious vocations, a decline in sacramental practice, and even a growing disagreement between priests, bishops and cardinals that was unthinkable until recently."
He knows that the Holy Mass contributes to the revival of the Church and writes that "despite all the attempts to suppress it, especially during the current pontificate, it lives on".
The Holy Mass bears abundant fruits of piety, explains Maugendre, it increases vocations and conversions, attracts young people and is the source of many flourishing works.
Every attempt has been made to increase the number of vocations and the faithful and to counteract the decline after the Second Vatican Council, "except to let the people experience the traditional liturgy by giving the Tridentine liturgy a fair chance".
Maugendre asks that "for the sake of the true freedom of the children of God in the Church, the full freedom of the traditional liturgy be granted, with the free use of all its liturgical books, so that all the faithful may benefit from it and all the clergy may celebrate it without hindrance".
Francis, the self-proclaimed champion of dialogue and synodality, will not even ignore Maugendre's plea.
Picture: Jean-Pierre Maugendre © Academia Christiana CC BY-SA, #newsUcmkjjfzep
Maugendre: "The Church is afflicted by an internal crisis that manifests itself in a decline in religious practice, a decline in priestly and religious vocations, a decline in sacramental practice, and even a growing disagreement between priests, bishops and cardinals that was unthinkable until recently."
He knows that the Holy Mass contributes to the revival of the Church and writes that "despite all the attempts to suppress it, especially during the current pontificate, it lives on".
The Holy Mass bears abundant fruits of piety, explains Maugendre, it increases vocations and conversions, attracts young people and is the source of many flourishing works.
Every attempt has been made to increase the number of vocations and the faithful and to counteract the decline after the Second Vatican Council, "except to let the people experience the traditional liturgy by giving the Tridentine liturgy a fair chance".
Maugendre asks that "for the sake of the true freedom of the children of God in the Church, the full freedom of the traditional liturgy be granted, with the free use of all its liturgical books, so that all the faithful may benefit from it and all the clergy may celebrate it without hindrance".
Francis, the self-proclaimed champion of dialogue and synodality, will not even ignore Maugendre's plea.
Picture: Jean-Pierre Maugendre © Academia Christiana CC BY-SA, #newsUcmkjjfzep