Hot Topics: Archbishop Speaks Exclusively With Gloria.TV.
On Wednesday, Italian Gloria.tv published an exclusive interview with the former archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio, Monsignor Luigi Negri. Negri is a John Paul II bishop and a friend of Benedict XVI. Therefore, Pope Francis quickly removed him once he turned 75, although Negri had only been five years in Ferrara. The late Dubia Cardinal Carlo Caffarra was also a Ferrara archbishop before he was moved to Bologna.
In the interview, Monsignor Negri remembered the Second Vatican Council as a time during which he tried to adapt to the – quote – “objective novelties” which the Council proposed. “Novelties” are however something negative as the Church has not the right to make up new things beyond what is transmitted in Bible and Tradition.
The big liturgical changes after the Council had – quote – “practically no” - impact on the future archbishop. Quote, “Like all lay Christians we took note of them although we did not understand everything …More