The “Old Mass” and the “Novus Ordo” Mass: Irreconcilable differences?
The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass has become like a problematic marriage needing long-suffering, patience, goodwill, and hatred of divorce. Father Jerry J. Pokorsky Editor’s note: This essay was posted originally at CWR on July 3, 2022. “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between […]
Did Vatican II reverse the Church’s teaching on religious liberty?
Catholic teaching on religious liberty has remained consistent over the centuries. By Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap. In his 1864 document Quanta Cura, Pius IX labeled “erroneous” the opinion that the “liberty of conscience and of worship is the proper right of every man.”1 But the Second Vatican Council declared in its 1965 document Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on […]