Leo XIV approved Cardinal Arthur Roche's text against the Traditional
Latin Mass, reaffirming Francis' Traditionis Custodes, reports
LaRazon.es on August 2. The text was distributed to about 170 cardinals
at the January 7 consistory.
Key phrase: "This newspaper has been
able to confirm that the cardinal distributed the text at the request
of Leo XIV and therefore with the Pope's approval of its contents."
According to the newspaper, Cardinal Roche and officials from his dicastery drafted the document at the Pope's request.
Leo XIV then personally reviewed it.
"He
did not change a single comma," Vatican sources said, adding that "the
distribution of the document to the cardinals was intended to make the
new Pope's position on this issue visible."
The
one-and-a-half-page document defended Traditionis Custodes, describing
Tradition as a "living river" rather than a static preservation of past
forms. It claimed that the Novus Ordo is fully consistent with authentic
Tradition.
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