Bishop Tomáš Holub of Plzeň has provided the theological explanation Cardinal Arthur Roche left unstated.
Roche told traditional Catholics that Pope Leo XIV would retain Traditionis Custodes and refuse to restore Summorum Pontificum. Holub has now explained why the restriction cannot end without endangering the entire synodal project.
A synodal Church requires a synodal liturgy, he argues, and that liturgy “can only be the Novus Ordo Missae.”
The traditional Mass carries a different vision of the Church. It forms Catholics around the altar, the sacrifice, the ordained priesthood, inherited authority and a worship received from previous generations. Holub considers that vision Tridentine, outdated and poorly suited to the needs of modern man.
He deserves credit for clarity.
For decades, Catholics were assured that the liturgical conflict concerned tastes. Some preferred Latin and incense. Others preferred the vernacular and congregational singing. One group found spiritual nourishment in silence; another appreciated visible participation. Rome supposedly stood above the dispute, attempting to accommodate different sensibilities while protecting ecclesial unity.
Holub has discarded that fiction.
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