Popes don't like to go against precedents...
I think the logic in that being that the Pope is supposed to be infallable on matters of scripture. To change a Pontifical precedent is acknowledging that somewhere along the line, someone screwed up, which according to Catholic tradition isn't possible. It would be to them the equivilant of finding out that Mary didn't go to heaven.
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