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Was it necessary to touch the subtle balance instituted by Benedict XVI?
Endanger the peace dearly acquired in the Catholic Church on the most inflammable of debates, that of the liturgy
?
Wasn't it more fitting to wait until the Pope Emeritus was no longer there to act the destruction of the reform most important to his heart?
These three questions - there would be others, arise after Pope Francis published on July 16, 2021 a Motu Proprio (decree of legal application of canon law) entitled "
traditionis custodes
", "
guardians of Tradition
" , here (in Italian) which “
repeals
” the Motu Proprio of July 9, 2007, here (in French).
The reigning Pope explains his motives in a covering letter available here (according to the French episcopate translation.)
A Mass according to the pre-conciliar rite Una Voce
Benedict XVI had given the so-called Mass of Saint Pius V the status of an “
extraordinary
”
rite
, liberalizing its use by tacit agreement between the parish priest and Catholics.
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