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EDITORIAL: Looking to the East for Liturgical Peace – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

EDITORIAL: Looking to the East for Liturgical Peace

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The Editors, National Catholic Register, January 9, 2026

EDITORIAL: The Diocese of Duluth’s ‘ad orientem’ liturgical trial could serve as a guidepost for alleviating the tensions in the Church regarding celebration of the Mass in Latin.

Many Catholics who have been personally impacted, or deeply unsettled, by the “liturgy wars” dividing our Church are understandably disappointed that liturgical matters were not, in the end, discussed during Pope Leo XIV’s now-concluded meeting with the College of Cardinals in Rome.

Liturgy had been one of four announced agenda items for the Holy Father’s first extraordinary consistory since his election in May. That plan, however, proved too ambitious for a gathering that lasted only a day and a half, and the cardinals were asked to pare down the schedule to focus on just two topics. They chose synodality and evangelization, leaving liturgy and church governance for the Pope’s next consistory, scheduled to take place in June. ….

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