Right-Wing Traditionalists Erupts as Pope Leo XIV Defends Vatican II’s Reform of the Mass

The pope’s Wednesday catechesis grounded the Vatican II reform in a century of papal teaching on “active participation.” This comes as JD Vance was spotted at a Traditional Latin Mass in Cincinnati.

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Aug. 26. In his catechesis, he said the Second Vatican Council reformed the liturgy so that “the participation of the faithful cannot be passive.” (Vatican News)

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