The Roman Canon Increasingly Absent from Masses Celebrated by the Pope
The progressive displacement of the Roman Canon in pontifical celebrations has become an observable fact that can no longer be interpreted as mere contingency. Under the pontificate of Leo XIV, the systematic choice of modern eucharistic prayers—especially the third—confirms a stable preference for texts introduced following the 1968 liturgical reform, to the detriment of the venerable Canon that for centuries constituted the invariable nucleus of the Roman rite.