The election of Pope Leo XIV has fueled speculation among some Catholics, who are hopeful for a change to the 2021 restrictions on pre-conciliar liturgical rites, which were introduced in the motu proprio Traditionis custodes.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco is among those who are hopeful.
Just a few days before Leo was elected, Cordileone penned an essay calling for “an end to the liturgy wars.”
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In the essay, the archbishop stressed that “now is an opportune time to revive Pope Benedict XVI’s vision” for the liturgy, by “permitting the free use of the pre-conciliar Roman Missal, thereby allowing [the] two expressions of the same Latin Rite to influence each other in a way that would be ‘mutually enriching’.”
Cordileone spoke with The Pillar May 15 about his hopes for liturgical renewal in the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV.
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