Lumen Christi : defending the use of the pre-1955 Roman Rite
"The Roman rite, once the serene inheritance of countless saints, was not abruptly overturned in the late 1960s, as a conventional traditionalist narrative suggests ; instead, it was subjected to a process of gradual dismantling in the mid-twentieth century, prior to the coup de grâce delivered by Paul VI's Consilium. Among the most significant turning points was the imposition of a "reformed" Holy Week in 1955 under Pope Pius XII. This was no ge...
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