«Following a request for information, the Catholic Bishops» Conference of England and Wales submitted a dubium (a query) to the Pontifical
Commission Ecclesia Dei, which confirmed that in the Roman Rite, whichever Form of the liturgy is being celebrated, the Holydays of Obligation are held in common.
The notion of a Church always in need of purification and reform is drawn not from the Reformation slogan
ecclesia semper reformanda, but from within the Church's deepest inner dynamics: its longing to be joined to its spousal head, Christ the Lord, and its passion to share his love with those to whom it has been
commissioned to bring the gospel — that is, everyone.