Cardinal Sarah's very public slap-down shows Pope is willing to use his authority

Cardinal Sarah's very public slap-down shows Pope is willing to use his authority 
13 July 2016 | by Christopher Lamb | Comments: 1

Public rebuke for senior clergyman shows Francis can censure those who disagree

When it comes to those he disagrees with, Pope Francis’s approach is to avoid direct confrontation preferring instead to ignore them and get on with his job. But in the case of Cardinal Robert Sarah he has made an exception. 

Last week the 71-year-old Guinean prelate unilaterally announced that priests should start to turn their backs on the congregation and face east to say Mass - something which liturgical traditionalists often call for given it is how the priest celebrates the Old Rite Latin liturgy. 

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