‘Reform of the Reform’ Update
Posted by Edward Pentin
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 10:02 AM
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares (CNS)
The Congregation for Divine Worship is declining to comment further on reports that the Vatican is considering a “reform of the reform” of the liturgy, but a formal statement on the matter is expected soon.
An official told the Register this morning that “everything is under study and is progressing” but added that he could say no more until Cardinal Antonio Llovera Cañizares, prefect of... READ MORE
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The Reform of the Reform
Posted by Edward Pentin
Monday, August 24, 2009 10:39 AM
A girl kneels as she receives Communion from Pope Benedict XVI during Mass in May 2008. (CNS)
Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli, a veteran and well-respected Vatican watcher, reported on Saturday that Rome has initiated a major “reform of the reform” of the post-Second Vatican Council liturgical changes to the Mass.
H/t to the Rorate Caeli blog, which has posted a complete translation of Tornielli’s article, published in the Italian newspaper Il Giornale. It says that several... READ MORE
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Cañizares on the Motu Proprio
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:05 PM
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares (CNS)
“If we truly believe that the Eucharist is really the ‘source and summit of Christian life’ – as the Second Vatican Council reminds us — we cannot admit that it is celebrated in an unworthy manner. For many, accepting the conciliar reform has meant celebrating a Mass which in one way or another had to be ‘desacralized.’ How many priests have been called ‘backward’ or... READ MORE
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Canizares on Communion
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:54 PM
A girl kneels to receive Communion from the Pope. (CNS)
“What does it mean to receive Communion in the mouth? What does it mean to kneel before the Most Holy Sacrament? What does it mean to kneel during the consecration at Mass?”
Those are the questions posed by Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, the new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, in an interview published on Sunday by the Spanish daily La Razón.
Here’s how the Spanish... READ MORE
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Cardinal Canizares to Vatican
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:05 AM
Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera (Wikipedia)
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera of Toledo, Spain, as the new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.
Cardinal Canizares succeeds Cardinal Francis Arinze, the Nigerian cardinal who has headed the congregation since 2002. Cardinal Arinze, who is 76, is expected to retire to his native Nigeria.
In Spain, Cardinal Canizares is nicknamed “the little... READ MORE
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