Crd. Roche Breaks His Silence Re: Cardinal Sarah
Point 1 of 3:
In a letter sent quite recently, 1 Arthur Cardinal Roche declared: “It is an absurdity to think that the prefect of a dicastery would do anything other than exercise the wishes of the Holy Father…” Readers will remember that Robert Cardinal Sarah served as the CDW prefect under Pope Francis. That is to say: Out of seven billion humans on planet Earth, Pope Francis selected Cardinal Sarah to be the Vatican’s chief liturgist. When Cardinal Sarah retired at the age of 75, Roche was appointed. Here’s the exact quote (17 February 2023) from Cardinal Roche:
Point 2 of 3:
Perhaps unwittingly, Cardinal Roche has just endorsed the words of Cardinal Sarah. What specifically did Cardinal Sarah say while serving was CDW prefect? On 23 September 2019, Cardinal Sarah had an exchange with Edward Pentin on the record. Pentin asked: “Why do you think more and more young people are attracted to traditional liturgy / the extraordinary form?” Robert Cardinal Sarah replied as follows:
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“When the extraordinary form is celebrated in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, it reveals its full fruitfulness”
Keywords: "prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon"