The episcopal consecrations in Ecône, Switzerland, today should lead the Church to reconsider the restrictions on the Mass in the Roman rite, Cardinal Gerhard Müller told IlGiornale.it on July 1.
The restrictions imposed by Traditionis Custodes (2021) have only strengthened the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX) by giving them "a symbol of dissent against Rome". They have "almost served as propaganda" for them.
According to Cardinal Müller, Traditionis Custodes "has not had a positive effect": "Using an authoritarian approach to demand blind obedience is not our way."
He praised Benedict XVI's Summorum Pontificum (2007) for bringing "a great deal of peace" to the Church, adding: "One cannot prohibit the rite in its ancient form."
The ancient Mass cannot be harmful when "the saints and the Fathers of the Church celebrated in this form."
Cardinal Müller rejected the claim that those attached to the ancient rite reject the Second Vatican Council, arguing instead that the traditional Roman Mass and the Novus Ordo "are the same rite, with only very slight differences."
The article's photograph shows Cardinal Müller ordaining Fr Elvir Tabaković to the priesthood in the Roman rite on 9 June at St Blaise Church in Zagreb, Croatia.
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