Swiss Bishop: "Latin Mass Has Deep Prayers, Expresses Christ's Centrality Better"
- "I am very critical of the synod process. I see the danger that certain, already established agendas will determine it and control it from the beginning. This is not true listening."
- "I believe that in such processes, the editors who formulate the final documents are the decisive factor - not necessarily the Holy Spirit."
- "Today, the so-called 'reality of life' is used as another 'source of revelation'."
- "Although Pope Francis has written synodality on his banner, he has a very authoritarian style of leadership."
- "He intervenes in the synodal process and directs it, for example by removing important issues from the plenary assembly and delegating them to commissions that work autonomously."
- "Many see the Pope's actions as self-contradictory."
- "As an altar boy, I was introduced to the Tridentine Mass and after the Council I was retrained in the Novus Ordo. In this respect, the old rite is not alien to me. As a boy, I learned all the prayers in Latin and was always nervous so that I wouldn't make a mistake. I celebrate Holy Mass in the Novus Ordo."
- "The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) approached me. Father Martin Ramm from Thalwil, whom I respect very much, was looking for a bishop for administering Confirmations in the Old Rite. I have learned this rite anew. That's why more requests are now coming in. Why should I refuse them?"
- "The Tridentine liturgy is not a workshop and expresses much more the centrality of God and Jesus Christ. It has very deep prayers that I really enjoy praying in terms of content. I love the accompanying prayers that the priest prays."
- "I don't understand why the prayers have been abandoned in the liturgical reform, because they help the priest to tune into this mystery and to enter into it and to celebrate it."
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