Vatican Official Calls On Pope For "Bold And Courageous" Liturgical Changes

(CWNews.com) - A key Vatican official has called for "bold and courageous" decisions to address liturgical abuses that have arisen since the reforms of Vatican II.

Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith, the secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship, cites a flawed understanding of Vatican II teachings and the influence of secular ideologies are reasons to conclude that-- as then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said in 1985-- "the true time of Vatican II has not yet come." Particularly in the realm of the liturgy, Archbishop Ranjith says, "The reform has to go on."

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THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: This public call for the pope's intervention may very well be the precursor to some action. I suspect the pope has already planned for this and is prepared to act.