Interview with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone

“Oh, yes, definitely. It’s one of the things that inspired my vocation—the beauty of the Church’s ceremonies and how deeply rooted they are in tradition. I’ve always had a great love of tradition. And I realized I had the need to do something practical to enhance the quality of the way the Mass is celebrated in our parishes. That was really the original vision behind the founding of the Benedict XVI Institute. We have so many treasures that we’ve been ignoring for far too long. I think we need to retrieve those treasures and apply them in a way that can speak to people today to revive the beauty, the mystery, and the awe of how we should be worshiping.”