Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

The pope vs. tradition? St. Irenaeus “was well named” for charitably handling questions like this…..

After hearing from certain bishops, the pope decided to tamp down on the liturgy. Whereas his predecessors were fine with two different forms of celebration, the pope now insisted that everyone should celebrate in the same way. The pope’s motives seem to have been good: fostering liturgical unity in the Church and weeding out division among Catholics…