Cardinal Müller: "The Old Rite Is Not Forbidden"
- "The implementation of the liturgical reform was marked by many abuses because many failed to grasp the spirit of the renewed liturgy and neglected its essential elements: the worship of God, the communication of salvation, and reverence before God."
- "The so-called old rite is not forbidden. Rather, it is permitted to a certain extent and under certain conditions, and it is, of course, valid."
- "Pope Benedict XVI made the wise decision that the same Latin liturgy could be celebrated in both its ordinary and extraordinary forms."
- "The faithful always have the opportunity to attend the Holy Mass celebrated according to the older form."
- "Many people may have sympathies for the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X because they believe that the Catholic faith and the liturgy are being preserved there against many of the abuses found in modernist circles. But that is not a justification."
- "Benedict XVI was very generous and hoped that this would remove the deadlock and lead to full reconciliation."
- "There may be some errors in the Church, but there is no Catholic unity apart from the Pope."
- "One cannot remedy an abuse by using false means. That Pope Leo exists and is the true, legitimate Pope is something no one can really call into question without calling his own Catholic faith into question."
- "Christ did not promise the FSSPX the Church's indestructibility, and infallibility. These belong to the College of Bishops with the Pope at its head."
- "A distinction must be made between the substance of the sacraments, their dogmatic substance, and their liturgical form."
- "We have about twenty-five different rites in the Catholic Church, but the same Mass."
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