{"id":218797,"date":"2022-01-07T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T07:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.bullfrag.com\/the-pope-criticizes-the-conservatives-of-the-church-as-traditionalists\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T07:51:37","slug":"the-pope-criticizes-the-conservatives-of-the-church-as-traditionalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/the-pope-criticizes-the-conservatives-of-the-church-as-traditionalists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope criticizes the conservatives of the Church as traditionalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Aren’t we, for too long, blocked, parked in a conventional, exterior, formal religion that no longer inflames the heart and does not change life?” Said Francisco.<\/p>\n

“Do our words and our rites provoke in the hearts of the people the desire to go towards God or are they ‘dead language’, speaking only of themselves and themselves?”<\/p>\n

The Latin Mass ceased to be in general use after the Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965 and was replaced by local languages.<\/p>\n

In July, after arguing that the Latin Mass was being exploited by anti-reformists to damage the unity of the Catholic Church, the Supreme Pontiff tightened the rules on when it could be celebrated, reversing the decisions of his two predecessors.<\/p>\n

Since then, some conservatives, including bishops, have openly defied the pope, leading to the latest chapter in what some have called the Church’s “liturgical war.”<\/p>\n

Faith is not “an armor that plasters us, but a fascinating journey, a continuous and restless movement, always in search of God,” said Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n