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"I really compare it to the 1980s when you had Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Margaret Thatcher working together to bring down the soviet empire," he added.

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They wanted new texts and ceremonies adapting the liturgy to different cultures, but all innovation was stopped during the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Experimentation was condemned.