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Catholic Herald: Anathema: Cardinal Cupich Calls Traditional Latin Mass “A Spectacle” – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Catholic Herald: Anathema: Cardinal Cupich Calls Traditional Latin Mass “A Spectacle”

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In the second row, the Chicago Archbishop concelebrates a Mass on an altar with several pagan symbols. The dragon, which dominates the front of the altar, represents good luck; the two black and gold labyrinths set on each end of the altar symbolize the flow of cosmic forces that one must try to balance but always ends in the same way: a shadowy life in the underworld. The incense burner at the side of the altar is to offer appeasement for the suffering souls of the ancestors – a pagan animist practice. https://www.traditioninaction.org/RevolutionPhotos/A667-Culpich.htm

By Catholic Herald, by Staff, October 30, 2025

Chicago’s Blase Cupich has asserted that the Traditional Latin Mass was “more of a spectacle rather than the active participation of all the baptised”.

In a reflection on the liturgical reforms which came from Sacrosanctum Concilium, one of the four constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, the cardinal argued that the document drew on scholarly research which revealed “adaptations that were introduced over time, which incorporated elements from imperial and royal courts.” The reform, he contends, aimed to purify the liturgy of “these adaptations … to enable the liturgy to sustain the Church’s renewed sense of herself.”

Cardinal Cupich made plain that the renewed liturgy is not simply a matter of external form but of ecclesial identity and mission. He emphasised that the measure of authenticity in Eucharistic celebration lies in concern for those in need — it is this “criterion by which the authenticity of our Eucharistic celebrations is judged.” He went further still, describing the Mass not merely as ritual but as “the locus of solidarity with the poor in a fractured world.”

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