07 July 2022, The Tablet

Pope Francis and the liturgy – a plea to put aside polemics and ego


Desiderio Desideravi is one of the Pope’s most compelling teaching documents, the fruit of a long and careful deliberation.

Pope Francis and the liturgy – a plea to put aside polemics and ego

Pope Francis elevates the Host at Mass in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, in December last year.
Paul Haring/CNS

 
Francis’ captivating letter calling for a new formation in the “beauty and truth” of Christian celebration is the second instalment of his response to the so-called “liturgy wars” roiling parts of the Catholic Church.
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