“Now, celebrations become tiring because they unfold in noisy chattering. The liturgy is sick. The most striking symptom of this sickness is perhaps the omnipresence of the microphone. It has become so indispensable that one wonders how priests were able to celebrate before it was invented.” ReligionCatholic ChurchCatholic Church TodayPope FrancisThe New Mass Book:The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise Source: The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
“Christ is certainly distressed to see and to hear priests and bishops, who ought to be protecting the integrity of the teaching of the Gospel and of doctrine, multiply words and writings that weaken the rigor of the Gospel by their deliberately ambiguous, confused statements.” ReligionCatholic ChurchCatholic Church TodayPope Francis Book:The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise Source: The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
“But here is my hope: God willing, when he wills and as he wills, the reform of the reform will take place in the liturgy. Despite the gnashing of teeth, it will happen, for the future of the Church is at stake. To ruin the liturgy is to ruin our relationship to God and the concrete expression of our Christian faith.” Catholic ChurchCatholic Church TodayPope FrancisThe New MassReform Of The Reform Book:The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise Source: The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise