Archbishop Gänswein: "Now Is the Time to Abolish Traditionis Custodes"
Looking back to Benedict XVI's 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, Monsignor Gänswein said the Pope wanted to restore “full rights to a rite that had never been abolished”: “His goal was to give it its rightful place again within the Church and to restore peace in the Church's liturgical life.”
According to Archbishop Gänswein, Summorum Pontificum was not conceived as a step toward reconciliation with the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. Rather, “it was directed toward the Church itself.”
Benedict XVI was pleased with the results of this reform. “It was beginning to bear fruit. It worked especially well among young people, and this is evident above all in the steadily growing numbers participating each year in the Paris-to-Chartres pilgrimage.”
Monsignor Gänswein added that these young people are not opposed to the Second Vatican Council: “Anyone who claims that is motivated only by ideology.”
Regarding Pope Francis' 2021 Traditionis Custodes, Gänswein recalled Benedict XVI's reaction: “When I read Traditionis Custodes to him, I saw that there was pain in his heart. That was my impression.”
Archbishop Gänswein believes that “now is the kairos - the opportune moment - to remove those prohibitions and move beyond the unfortunate episode represented by that document.”
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