Tradition, Authority, and Amnesia: Cardinal Roche and the Failure of Traditionis Custodes

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Tradition, Authority, and Amnesia: Cardinal Roche and the Failure of Traditionis Custodes

Mark Lambert

April 1, 2026

Tradition, Authority, and Amnesia Cardinal Roche and the Failure of Traditionis Custodes

Cardinal Arthur Roche has given a “wide ranging” interview to OSV in which there are a number of rather revealing moments. Reflecting on the continuing controversy surrounding Traditionis Custodes, he asks, with apparent bewilderment, why the debate remains so intense. Why, he wonders, all the noise, when the celebration of the older liturgy is still…