Antipope Francis: Apostolic Letter “Desiderio Desideravi” on Liturgical Formation (June 29, 2022)

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Antipope Francis

Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi
on the Liturgical Formation of the People of God

June 29, 2022

[updated 07-JUL-2022 19:34 UTC]

“Pope” Francis has released a follow-up “Apostolic Letter” to his 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes severely limiting the use of the 1962 Roman Missal (“Traditional Latin Mass”). This new document is called Desiderio Desideravi and was published without prior announcement on June 29, 2022, the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.

The Vatican has made the text of Desiderio Desideravi available in several languages:

• Full Text of Desiderio Desideravi in English
• Full Text of Desiderio Desideravi in German
• Full Text of Desiderio Desideravi in Spanish
• Full Text of Desiderio Desideravi in French
• Full Text of Desiderio Desideravi in Italian

Vatican News has published the following reports and commentary:

• Encountering the living Jesus in the community that celebrates
• Pope: ‘Overcome polemics about the liturgy to rediscover its beauty‘

The following is a list of links with initial coverage, summaries, and commentary on Desiderio Desideravi by various sources:

• BREAKING: Pope Francis doubles down on restrictions of the Latin Mass in new letter (Life Site)
• Francis publishes the Anti-Ratzinger Liturgical Manifesto: Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi (Rorate Caeli)
• Pope Francis pens letter on liturgy after Traditionis custodes (Catholic World Report)
• Pope Francis calls on Catholics to embrace Vatican II liturgical reforms (Crux)
• What does Pope Francis say in his new apostolic letter on the liturgy? (The Pillar)
• An attempt to explain Traditionis custodes, to calm the storm (Fr. Z’s Blog)
• We are in need of a serious and dynamic liturgical formation, says pope (La Croix International)
• Pope Francis’ New Letter Addresses Liturgical Formation and the Beauty of the Mass (National Catholic Register)
• Daringly Balanced on One Point: The New Papal Letter on Liturgy (One Peter Five)
• Desiderio Desideravi – Another Liturgical Stink Bomb (Restore-DC-Catholicism)
• Pope Francis pens letter on liturgy after Traditionis custodes (Catholic News Agency)
• Apostolic Letter Desiderio desideravi: An Admission of Failure (Rorate Caeli)
• The Pope’s liturgical non sequitur (Catholic Culture)
• Pelosi’s reception of Holy Communion upstages the Holy Father’s liturgical reflections (Catholic World Report)
• The unintended consequences of Desiderio desideravi (Catholic Herald)
• Summary of the Pope’s Apostolic Letter “Desiderio Desideravi” on the Liturgy One Year After “Traditionis Custodes” (Zenit)
• Look at more of “Desiderio desideravi” (Fr. Z’s Blog)
• “The Motu Proprio cut off the head of Benedict’s line, and Desiderio buries its corpse” — Article by Luisella Scrosati (Rorate Caeli)
• Why the whole Church should embrace Desiderio Desideravi (The Catholic Weekly)
• Abp. Viganò: Declaration regarding the apostolic letter Desiderio Desideravi (Life Site)
• The Lost Symbolism of the Liturgy (Crisis)
• Pope Francis: defender of the post-Vatican II liturgical reform (La Croix International)
• The amorphous “Roman rite” and the authentic Roman Rite: A keen analysis by Michael Charlier (Rorate Caeli)
• Pope Francis, what Desiderio Desideravi says (Monday Vatican)
• Expert hails pope’s “treatise on the theology of the liturgy” (La Croix International)
• Pope Francis’ Liturgical Longing (One Peter Five)
• Guest article: “The Old Liturgy and the New Despisers of the Council” (Rorate Caeli)
• Francis Writes an Apostolic Letter on the Liturgy (FSSPX News)
• More on Desisdeede – Desiderio desideravi. This time through a particularly vicious lens that might be at the core of the document. (Fr. Z’s Blog)

Along with the new “Apostolic Letter”, the Dicastery for Divine Worship released a communiqué, which so far is available only in Italian.

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