![]() When that commentary was leaked online, Francis wrote to Sarah to clarify the matter and instructed him “ provide response to the same sites”, which had carried Sarah’s commentary, “and also to send it to all episcopal conferences, and the members and consultors of dicastery”. Cardinal Sarah wrote a commentary on the new law, in which he asserted that ultimate authority still rested with the CDW. The changes Francis made effectively weakened the CDW and gave more control over the translation of liturgical texts to bishops’ conferences. Sarah is just doing the job Francis gave him as he sees fit to do it.ĭisagreements between the two men have surfaced – for instance, over Francis’s reforms to the way liturgical translations are prepared and approved. Indeed, Pope Francis told Cardinal Sarah he wants him to continue with the liturgical reform Benedict XVI began. Francis occasionally celebrates in Cardinal Sarah’s preferred ad orientem posture – ie, facing the same direction as the congregation – most notably in the Sistine Chapel, at the high altar Benedict had restored to use in 2008. He has kept Benedict XVI’s Master of Ceremonies, Mgr Guido Marini, and mostly let him work freely when it comes to papal liturgies. It helps, too, that Pope Francis is not very sensitive to questions of liturgical form. If Sarah is not on board with the “Franciscan” view of things, why is he still in the job?įor one thing, he is willing to toe the line, even if he dances a little on one side of it. Most recently, he wrote the preface to a book on The distribution of Communion on the hand: a historical, juridical and pastoral survey, by Fr Federico Bortoli, which constructs in laborious detail the process by which what began as an abuse – ie, receiving Holy Communion standing and in the hand – gained increasing measures of tolerance and legal protection.Ĭardinal Sarah’s outspokenness has made headlines, not least because his positions are apparently often at odds with Pope Francis’s own. ![]() Throughout his tenure in the department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the Church’s liturgical life, the 72-year-old Guinean has made headlines with his parrhesia – his frank talk – about matters ranging from the posture of priests celebrating Mass, to the powers of his office when it comes to curating liturgical translations. Also in photo is Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines His Excellency Archbishop Guiseppe Pinto.‘Carefully outspoken’ is the best description of the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW), Cardinal Robert Sarah. Aquino III welcomes His Eminence Robert Cardinal Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, during the Courtesy Call at the Music Room of the Malacañan Palace on Wednesday (January 29, 2014). The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it.
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