Bugnini Man Appointed to Congregation of Divine Worship: 4 More Ratzingerians Dismissed
On 5 November it was announced in the daily bulletin of the Holy See
that Francis had appointed a new Under-Secretary for the
Congregation for Divine Worship. What was not there is that the two
other undersecretaries were also dismissed. The Congregation has had no
Cardinal Prefect since the beginning of October, after Francis sent
back the previous head of the dicastery, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares
as archbishop of Valencia in Spain. Now the number two of the
Congregation has been exchanged and thus within a month, the entire
leadership.
Previous Undersecretaries Have Learned of their Ouster from the Bulletin
The previous Undersecretaries, the Marist Father Anthony Ward and Msgr.
Juan Miguel Ferrer-Grenesche had learned from the publication of the
bulletin that they were not re-elected. The dismissal was not preceded
by a conversation with Francis, nor they were previously informed in
other ways about it. Msgr. Ferrer is a priest of the Archdiocese of
Toledo, whose Vicar he was. Cardinal Cañizares, the former Archbishop of
Toledo, brought him to Rome in 2009.
Msgr. Ferrer is an acknowledged expert in the Mozarabic rite, those
Visigothic rite, which was celebrated in Spain before the introduction
of the Roman rite and which has been preserved during the Spanish rule
in underground and still maintained in some places, including Toledo
and Salamanca. Msgr. Ferrer is distinguished by a special liturgical
sensibility and a close relationship to the Old Rite.
New Undersecretary a "Staunch Bugninist"
The Montfortian is a "confident Bugninist" as Riposte Catholic reports
and a "great friend of Msgr. Piero Marini", the papal master of
ceremonies of John Paul II. Annibale Bugnini (1912-1982) was largely
responsible for the development and implementation of the liturgical
reform of 1969/1970.
At the beginning of his pontificate, Francis dismissed all of Benedict XVI's liturgically related consultants in the
Office of papal ceremonies. From the staff of Benedict XVI.
who performed ceremonies according to the "reform of the reform", only
the papal master of ceremonies, Msgr. Guido Marini is left. One of the
members appointed by Francis as a consultant was Father Maggioni.
Four Ratzingerians Dismissed in One Month
With Msgr. Miguel Ferrer falling within a few days, another head of the
Ratzingerian Vatican has fallen, already replaced by Pope Francis on
October 8, Msgr. Celso Morga Iruzubieta as secretary of the Congregation
for the Clergy and Msgr. Alberto Gonzalez Chaves as office manager of
the Congregation for Bishops. Taking into account Cardinal Cañizares as
the highest-ranking dismissed figure, four senior Ratzingerians were
removed last month. Including the full leadership of the Congregation
for the Clergy and the Congregation for Divine Worship, the staff in
those two congregations most clearly showed the signature of Benedict
XVI.
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