Card. Marx on Traditionalists


 
 From TIA’s files,  

 On May 1, 2013, L’Osservatore Romano, the organ of the Holy See, published a news report on statement made by Card. Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, on the pontificate of Benedict XVI, whose faithful disciple he is. In passing, he came with a blow against traditionalists. This is the part of the news report of interest:


Cardinal Reinhard Marx
Card. Marx, right, one of the "great eight" chosen by Pope Francis, boasts of his anttipathy toward traditionalists

“According to the Prelate, Benedict XVI is a theologian who ‘has never stopped being curious about and admiring everything God made.’ in the same way, he stressed, man must continue to discover the Gospel as the novelty by antonomasia: ‘The traditionalists venerate the old, they are guardians of a museum. We must not, however, guard the richnes in a museum; we must not look for a restoration, but instead for a rebirth, for a renewal of the faith and Catholic life, a renewal of the Church as a whole and of each individual.’ The Catholic faith is ‘the greatest adventure of the human spirit, but it is also demanding and wants to take us farther.’”

So we traditionalists should keep in mind that Card. Marx and the L’Osservatore Romano are not on the brink of entering our ranks...

      TIA correspondence desk