Let's hope both the saintly cardinal-archbishop and the saintly pope are watching over the synodal process!Īt the Pray Tell blog, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago discusses the Holy Father's motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, which revoked the special permission to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass that has been given by Pope Benedict XVI but which had strayed from Benedict's goal of uniting the church. When John called the Second Vatican Council, he knew exactly what he was doing. It was not a coincidence that John chose that day for his coronation: He had edited the acta, or accounts, of Borromeo's pastoral visits after the Council of Trent, the council that achieved the most significant reforms in the history of the church.
Charles Borromeo, and the anniversary of the coronation of Pope John XXIII.
