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Views from the Choir Loft

What. Did. My. Eyes. Just. See.

Jeff Ostrowski · June 18, 2022

NE OF MY COLLEAGUES sent me the below video. (No, I’m not comfortable revealing which colleague it was.) In light of liturgical monstrosities such as this, I am bewildered that Archbishop Roche spends so much energy propagating untruthful claims about what Vatican II actually said.

I am baffled that Archbishop Roche continues to attack Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who said:

“I AM OF THE OPINION, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to all those who desire it. It’s impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that. A community is calling into question its very being when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest possession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent.”

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop Arthur Roche Last Updated: June 18, 2022

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Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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