[Arthur McGowan]

Bergoglio says Benedict was “magnanimous” in “allowing” the celebration of the old Mass.

Baloney. As Benedict made clear, the old Mass was “never abrogated” and its celebration was NEVER FORBIDDEN.

[NKP_Vet]

In the meantime he still has not uttered a word about the destruction of the Catholic faith in the once most Catholic country in the world - Ireland. The “Catholics” in the country voted for homosexual “marriage” and not a word from the pope on the dying religion or why it’s dying and what can be done to hopefully save it from extinction. He also said not nary a word when one man on the US Supreme Court, a “Catholic” by the name of Anthony Kennedy made homosexual “marriage” the law of the land in the United States. The pope would rather talk about global warming and gun control.

[piusv]

It was never officially "forbidden" but Paul VI made it clear that all priests of the Roman rite were required to use the Novus Ordo Missae exclusively. It was not optional:

We order that the prescriptions of this Constitution go into effect November 30th of this year, the first Sunday of Advent. We wish that these Our decrees and prescriptions may be firm and effective now and in the future, notwithstanding, to the extent necessary, the apostolic constitutions and ordinances issued by Our predecessors, and other prescriptions, even those deserving particular mention and derogation. - Paul VI, “Apostolic Constitution” Missale Romanum (1969)

And those that did not or put up a fight over it were reprimanded and/or disciplined.

So effectively? Yeah, it was forbidden.