The several reports on the opinions of the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, Archbishop Ranjith, released in the past few weeks, have been confusing not a few faithful. The common feature both of the Tagespiegel report of May 22 (read excerpt here) and of the I Media remarks of June 22-23, reported by both Le Figaro and CWN, was that the actual answers given by the Archbishop were not given in their entirety.
In its Sunday edition, the semi-official daily of the Church in France, La Croix, published the whole text of the actual interview given by the Archbishop, reporting complete answers. Amidst some well-known thoughts of the Secretary, these excerpts are particularly revealing:
In its Sunday edition, the semi-official daily of the Church in France, La Croix, published the whole text of the actual interview given by the Archbishop, reporting complete answers. Amidst some well-known thoughts of the Secretary, these excerpts are particularly revealing:
...If the use of the vernacular language is accepted, especially for the Liturgy of the Word, the decree [Sacrosanctum Concilium] details precisely that the use of the Latin language shall be preserved in the Latin Church. On these subjects [language and position relative to the altar], we wait for the Pope to give us his indications.
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It is necessary to make clear that this rite, that of the Missal of Saint Pius V, is not an "outlaw". Should it rather be encouraged? It is the Pope who will decide it.
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