Does Adoremus reject the liturgical changes approved since the Council?
No. We accept them obediently as a legitimate exercise of the Church’s disciplinary authority. Nevertheless, we believe the time has come to reflect carefully on these changes. We plan to evaluate them in the light of the original conciliar texts and of the experience of Catholic faithful since the Council. Where necessary, we will propose to Church authorities alternatives more in harmony with the authentic renewal desired by the Council. We were inspired to reconsider liturgical renewal by Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on the 25th Anniversary of the Liturgy Constitution (1989). The pope is not only concerned with questions of liturgical translation, but with liturgical renewal as a whole: “For the work of translation, as well as for the wider implications of liturgical renewal for whole countries, each episcopal conference was required to establish a national commission and ensure the collaboration of experts in the various sectors of liturgical science and pastoral practice.
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