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Fatal Flaws Exposed in Cardinal Roche’s Consistory Briefing Document

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Accomplished liturgical scholar dismantles guidance to the Sacred College by the prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship.​


ROME, 28 January 2026 — A skilled liturgical scholar has exposed serious flaws in Cardinal Arthur Roche’s recent briefing document to the College of Cardinals, offering a detailed critique ahead of their next meeting with Pope Leo XIV in late June.

In a systematic, point-by-point analysis, Dom Alcuin Reid, an Australian-born Benedictine monk, priest, and internationally recognized liturgical scholar, concludes that Roche’s briefing document “lacks intellectual honesty,” “displays a woeful ignorance of liturgical history,” and is “embarrassing in the extreme.”

Although the document was not discussed at the Jan. 7–8 consistory of cardinals due to time constraints, it drew widespread criticism after circulating in the media. The liturgy is expected to be addressed at the next consistory convened by the Pope on June 27–28.

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