Here’s a discreet but decisive change in Rome: Catholic News Agency reports that Pope Benedict has quietly dismissed all the former consultors to the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, holdovers from the tenure of Abp. Piero Marini, and replaced them with supporters of the ‘Benedictine’ reform.
For English-speaking readers, the most familiar name will probably be Oratorian Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, author of “Turning Towards the Lord”, recently appointed an official of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
I’m going to have to start watching papal liturgies more closely!