{"id":1131293,"date":"2021-12-18T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131293"},"modified":"2021-12-18T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T01:35:09","slug":"ap-lauds-pope-franciss-crackdown-on-latin-mass-as-highlight-of-his-85th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-lauds-pope-franciss-crackdown-on-latin-mass-as-highlight-of-his-85th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"AP Lauds Pope Francis\u2019s Crackdown on Latin Mass as Highlight of His 85th Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fap-lauds-pope-franciss-crackdown-on-latin-mass-as-highlight-of-his-85th-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 An Associated Press (AP) analysis showcases Pope Francis\u2019s clampdown on the traditional Latin Mass as one of his most significant accomplishments in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the measure as an indication the pope has taken \u201cthe gloves off,\u201d AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-pope-francis-health-religion-europe-2f733bf842c499eab9f06a48363a68df\">praises<\/a> him for sticking it to conservative Catholics who preferred to worship God according to the traditional liturgy, in which Catholics have prayed for centuries.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The occasion for the yearly review was Francis\u2019s 85th birthday, which he celebrated on Friday. At that ripe age, the pontiff is still going strong, AP declared, committed to his campaign to make the world \u201ca more environmentally sustainable, economically just and fraternal place where the poor are prioritized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis has responded to conservative Catholics \u201cwith the papal equivalent of \u2018no more Mr. Nice Guy,\u2019\u201d AP notes approvingly, without elucidating when the pope had ever been \u201cnice\u201d to conservatives.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9260893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pope-francis-rome-april-14-2017-640x480-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9260893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pope-francis-rome-april-14-2017-640x480-getty.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Catholics\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILIPPO MONTEFORTE\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the pope\u2019s oft-repeated commitment to inclusiveness and diversity, he opted to eliminate a venerable liturgical form that had seen a marked revival in recent years ever since its use was expanded by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new rules, the liturgy has been homogenized to eradicate the popular alternative form.<\/p>\n<p>AP asserted that Francis\u2019s decision \u201cto reverse his predecessor\u201d was made to quash the freer celebration of the old rite that \u201chad divided the church and been exploited by conservatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When they were effected in July 2021, the pope\u2019s sweeping restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass were hailed by progressives and vocally opposed by conservatives, including at least three cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Gerhard M\u00fcller, for instance, the former chief of the Vatican\u2019s doctrinal office (CDF), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2021\/07\/20\/former-vatican-chief-chides-pope-francis-for-his-harsh-disciplining-of-conservative-catholics\/\">chided<\/a> Pope Francis for his selective clampdown on the traditional Latin Mass while allowing progressives to reject basic tenets of the faith with impunity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Pope Francis has \u201cdrastically restricted\u201d the celebration of the Latin Mass with the clear intent to \u201ccondemn the Extraordinary Form to extinction in the long run,\u201d M\u00fcller observed.<\/p>\n<p>By punishing the conservative peripheries, Francis \u201cignores the religious feelings of the (often young) participants in the Masses according to the Missal of John XXIII\u201d without the \u201cslightest empathy,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cInstead of appreciating the smell of the sheep, the shepherd here hits them hard with his crook,\u201d M\u00fcller declared, with an allusion to one of Francis\u2019 favorite sayings.<\/p>\n<p>The Church\u2019s real problems today do not come from so-called \u201ctraditionalists,\u201d the cardinal stated, but from progressives who undermine the core of Catholic belief.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, the redoubtable Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former bishop of Hong Kong, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldyosef.hkdavc.com\/?p=1800\">insisted<\/a> that the measures were unreasonably harsh and hurt \u201cthe hearts of many good people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_14681577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joseph-Zen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14681577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Joseph-Zen.jpg\" alt=\"In this picture taken on March 5, 2018, Cardinal Joseph Zen, 86, former Bishop of Hong Kong, listens to a question during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen has earned a reputation as a fighter -- the octogenarian&#039;s latest battle pits him against Vatican officials and Beijing over a deal he believes would devastate the Catholic Church. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ Anthony WALLACE (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinal Joseph Zen listens to a question during an interview with AFP in Hong Kong (ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pope\u2019s letter \u201cconsiders the very existence of a parallel rite to be an evil,\u201d Zen declared, and reflects wishes \u201cfor the death of the [traditional] groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Raymond Burke, a canon lawyer and the former head of the Vatican\u2019s highest court, also published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardinalburke.com\/presentations\/traditionis-custodes\">essay<\/a> lamenting the pope\u2019s crackdown on conservative Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are attached to the Traditional Latin Mass, sometimes called the Tridentine Mass, \u201care deeply disheartened by the severity of the discipline\u201d imposed by Pope Francis in his letter and \u201coffended by the language it employs to describe them, their attitudes and their conduct,\u201d Burke wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is apparent from the severity of the document,\u201d Burke said, that Pope Francis issued it \u201cto address what he perceives to be a grave evil threatening the unity of the Church,\u201d a perception Burke clearly does not share.<\/p>\n<p>The pope\u2019s letter places restrictions on the Latin Mass that \u201csignal its ultimate elimination,\u201d the cardinal added, such as \u201cthe prohibition of the use of a parish church\u201d and the \u201cestablishment of certain days\u201d for celebrating according to the old rite.<\/p>\n<p>The pope\u2019s message to the \u201cdevout faithful who have a deep appreciation and attachment\u201d to the Traditional Latin Mass is that \u201cthey suffer from an aberration which can be tolerated for a time but must ultimately be eradicated,\u201d Burke declared.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 An Associated Press (AP) analysis showcases Pope Francis\u2019s clampdown on the traditional Latin Mass as one of his most significant accomplishments in 2021. 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