Diane put out the “leaked” report about the bishop’s survey that didn’t go Francis way, so Francis went his own way and issued the stunning failure Taurina cacata… Traditionis custodes.
Last night being somewhat restless, I cruised about on the interwebs and discovered a new book by Msgr. Nicola Bux (“Nicóla Boox”), a superb liturgist who was a consultor for Benedict XVI. He has several books. Long-time readers here know him also from the legendary “Bux Protocol“.
Bux has a new book in Italian, as I discovered last night. Co-authored with Saverio Gaeta, who is very good.
La liturgia non è uno spettacolo: Il questionario ai vescovi sul rito anti-co: arma di distruzione di Messa?
The Liturgy is not a show: the survey of the bishops about the ancient rite: weapon of mass destruction?
US HERE
Chapters…
An introduction which recounts the issuance of T.C.
1 – “The Mass through the centuries” gives a solid history of the development of what happened at the Last Supper (not a “Mass”) through the earliest forms of the Breaking of the Bread and the Eucharist to a more developed liturgy, still very early (c. 155).
2- “The Innovation of Vatican II” – Principles and work of the Consilium. The real intentions of the Council Fathers. 1969. Drift.
3- “Pacification, and not only” Summorum Pontificum. Bad interpretations.
4- “The Secret Consultation” – documentation – the survey – weighing Summorum.
5 – “The Survey in Detail”
6 – The Florilegium of the Dossier” – evaluating the results
7 – “The Final Solution” – the Motu Proprio – due ecclesiological visions – restriction or punishment?
8 – Possibilities – The crisis in the Church and the collapse of liturgy. Missale of Pius VI never abolished. Reform of the Reform. Future hypotheses after TC.
Concluding Appeal
This was done fast. In my edition (kindle) there is not Table of Contents or index.
However, it’s rather like two-step authentication.
JUST IN: New Book Supports Authenticity of Official Vatican Report
The just-released Italian book contains not only the sections of the Vatican report I published on July 1 but also important additional findings on the CDF’s survey of bishops. More here: https://t.co/x7xRzcncUu pic.twitter.com/xJMYyApSLX
— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) July 4, 2025
I have the Italian KINDLE version. The physical book is available for pre-order at amazon.it.
Don’t have a kindle? Go HERE and look around. So useful for travel. Also, there are books I want to read, but I don’t want to own. I am trying to GET RID OF BOOKS! (I know… it’s sad.)
Also, Amazon PRIME Day is coming up. There are early deals. HERE
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Hopefully an English translation will be provided.
I used to have a Kindle but then the connector for charging wire out so it couldn’t be charged anymore. I have resisted getting a new one because I don’t like the idea of my books residing in the “cloud” where the authorities can remove them at any time due to political incorrectness.
However I agree there are book one would like to read but not necessarily own. In some cases libraries might provide this function, although they are unlikely to stock the kinds of books I find interesting.