Posted on 10/20/2025 4:51:46 PM PDT by ebb tide
EWTN journalist Raymond Arroyo spoke in his World Over show on October 16 about the traditional Latin Mass in the USA. His main questions and comments.
- US bishops are announcing bans on the traditional Latin Mass in an attempt to comply with the late Pope Francis’ document, 'Traditionis Custodes'.
- It seems like an unjust document.
- The drive to implement Pope Francis’ directive continues. Eleven US dioceses have so far embraced this.
- You would have thought with the new Pope we might have seen a cessation of this.
- A brand new Latin Mass ban was announced for the Diocese of Knoxville in Tennessee. Priests there announced that they, along with their bishop, Mark Beckman, will begin to transition to the Novus Ordo in late December.
- It bears noting that the mandate of Cardinal Roche, who is the head of the Congregation for Liturgy, was just renewed by Leo XIV. It was Cardinal Roche's office, at least in the case of the Diocese of Knoxville, that reached out to the bishop: “Hey, are you implementing 'Traditionis Custodes'?” Meaning: When are you going to curtail that old rite? It seems to be an embrace of what's happening now from the current Pope.
- We heard from Leo XIV in a recent long interview, that if you celebrate the Eucharist in Latin and keep the incense and some of the trappings, that will be enough to satisfy the Latin Mass goers.
- There was a suggestion that if you want the old Mass, somehow you’re breaking unity with the Pope. It’s this idea that the Pope’s personal perspective or preferences can’t be wrong. Is it really that whatever the latest Pope says is what goes?
- If the Vatican Library can allow a Muslim prayer room, I think Catholics who love the old rite should be entitled to celebrate that rite in their parish?
- People in the United States moved across country to be closer to these traditional Latin Mass communities. But now the Masses have vanished in their communities.
Ping
Go along to get along Leo. Sounds like most Republicans in Congress.
more poop from the pope.
need a proper african next time.
leo has covid insanity.
Meet the new boss .... same as the old boss.
As Frankee the fraud planned it Leo is the continuation of the destruction of the church. Another schism is needed to save it.
Currently ...
WE. SUCK.
This could be bad news for those expecting Pope Leo to abrogate, or at least, give some relief to Bergoglio's draconian "Traditionis Custodes".
This because a Tennesee bishop, Mark Beckman, has recently cancelled all TLMs, only to replace them with Latin novus ordos, as Leo described above:
The letter outlined that traditional elements — such as ad orientem celebration, Gregorian chant, use of the communion rail, and Latin — would continue within the 2002 Missal, reflecting what diocesan officials describe as “the faithful’s desire for these rites.”
That's not what the traditional faithful desire; they desire the Mass of All Time.
Send him to replace his brother devout catholic at cath univ, lol
Padre Pio ... "two apostate Popes, the second worse than the first" ...
Recently the Diocese of Knoxville decided to replace the traditional Latin Mass with a “traditionalized” Novus Ordo. Should traditional Catholics be satisfied with that change?
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