“The faithful everywhere have responded generously, and have greeted the new liturgy with great joy.” —Archbishop Bugnini (1967)
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Annibale Bugnini Reform
A Mini History of the Sequences
At the height of their usage, there were proper sequences for nearly every Sunday and feast day.
Cardinal Sarah’s Liturgical Bombshell
Pressure will be brought to have him walk back his statements, but I don’t believe he will.
The Facts About Annibale Bugnini’s Death
The difference between correlation & causality.
Are We Getting Dumber?
In spite of all the progress our civilizations have made, the self-appointed “expert liturgists” are regressing.
Five Questions No Liturgist Can Answer
“The present welter of discardable booklets, mimeographed sheets, divergent paperback hymnals, and so on … has unfortunate psychological effects.” — Dr. James Hitchcock
The Improbable Triumph Of The Latin Mass
“Complete equality of status for the old rite of Mass alongside the new rite … is just not going to happen.” — Fr. Brian W. Harrison (26 March 1995)
Diary of Cardinal Antonelli (1964): “How Exactly Should The Vatican II Mass Look?”
If Pope Pius V or Gregory the Great were to come back, they ought to see that the Mass after Vatican II has substantially remained the same.” — Secretary of the Consilium
A 1969 Quote Bugnini Wishes He Could Retract
“Hundreds of millions of Catholics can now pray to God in their own languages and not in meaningless sounds…” — Annibale Bugnini
The Famous “Agatha Christie” Indult
“If some senseless decree were to order the total or partial destruction of basilicas or cathedrals, then
obviously it would be the educated — whatever their personal beliefs — who would rise up in horror to oppose such a possibility.”