Pope Leo XIV Backs Vatican II Liturgy Reform in Final 1963 Constitution Catechesis
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Updated · dianemontagna.substack.com · Aug 26
Pope Leo XIV Backs Vatican II Liturgy Reform in Final 1963 Constitution Catechesis
3 articles · Updated · dianemontagna.substack.com · Aug 26
Summary
Pope Leo XIV used his August 26 general audience to declare that the liturgical reform promoted by Vatican II is “firmly rooted” in the Church’s living tradition.
The statement came in his final catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, where he again stressed active participation and rejected liturgical abuses.
The intervention lands amid renewed “liturgy wars” after recent comments by Cardinal Arthur Roche and others arguing the post-conciliar rites are beyond criticism and leave little place for older forms.
Critics cited in the report say Leo’s wording will be read as backing the post-Vatican II settlement against calls for a “reform of the reform,” even though a general audience address is not binding teaching.