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To what extent is his criticism directed at local liturgists and clergy who have incorrectly implemented the official reforms? Or at Paul VI who entrusted <em>Consilium<\/em> with the reform of the official books? Or at the Second Vatican Council itself in <em>Sacrosanctum Concilium?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Ruff, OSB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict XVI, before and since his election, has shown himself to be a critic of the liturgical reforms in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[28,30],"tags":[2048],"class_list":["post-15001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-reform-of-the-reform","tag-this-weeks-discussion-question"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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