Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa

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Roche’s move to further restrict Latin Mass violates Church law: canon lawyers

Cdl. Roche appears to be looking to further restrict the traditional Mass by using methods which canon lawyers are describing as illegal.

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Michael Haynes
Feb 13, 2023
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VATICAN CITY (LSN) — Cardinal Arthur Roche, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation (Dicastery) for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW), is reportedly strong-arming bishops into enforcing the Vatican’s restrictions on the traditional Mass, in a manner described as being an abuse of the Church’s Canon Law.

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