Cardinal Robert Sarah has spoken from his home in Rome against what he called the renewed “battlefield” surrounding the Church’s liturgy.
In an interview with the French media outlet Tribune Chrétienne on 13 October, the Guinean cardinal, former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, reflected on the tensions that have followed the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass introduced by Traditionis custodes in 2021.
He said that the Mass, “the only moment when man is face to face with God,” had been turned into a source of conflict between “traditionalists and progressives,” warning that such quarrels risk profaning the Eucharist itself. He called for reflection and reconciliation, insisting that the liturgy must never become a weapon of factionalism within the Church. “Why do we have to fight?” he asked. “Why forbid this or that? Who gives us this right?”
