Posted on 10/21/2025 1:22:49 PM PDT by ebb tide
The Diocese of Cleveland has confirmed that the Vatican has granted permission for the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass at two diocesan churches for a further two years.
The extension applies to St Mary’s Church on South Main Street in Akron and St Stephen’s in Cleveland, both of which had previously been granted limited approval to continue celebrating the liturgy according to the 1962 Roman Missal.
In an email to the Catholic Herald, Nancy Fishburne, Head of Communications for the diocese, said: “Yes, the Holy See granted a two-year extension of permission for the two remaining diocesan celebrations of the Latin Mass within the Diocese of Cleveland.”
Reports of the extension began circulating among parishioners after Sunday Mass, prompting quiet relief among the faithful who have attended the traditional liturgies for many years.
The decision follows the restrictions imposed by Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’s 2021 motu proprio regulating the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass, which placed oversight of such celebrations directly under the Holy See.
Bishops now require Vatican authorisation to permit the older form of the Roman Rite in parish churches, and many dioceses in the United States have since curtailed or withdrawn permissions entirely.
Cleveland’s renewal therefore represents a limited but meaningful continuation for local Catholics attached to the traditional liturgy. Both St Mary’s and St Stephen’s have long been centres for those devoted to the Latin Mass, offering it regularly under diocesan auspices rather than through priestly societies such as the Fraternity of St Peter or the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.
Observers have noted that the two-year extension does not alter the wider policy of the Holy See, which continues to promote the post-Conciliar liturgy as the ordinary expression of the Roman Rite while allowing exceptions under careful regulation. It nonetheless ensures that Cleveland’s two remaining diocesan celebrations may continue without interruption until at least 2027, pending further review.
While the confirmation secures the future of these communities in the short term, it carries no guarantee of renewal beyond the current period. Since the introduction of Traditionis Custodes, such permissions have become increasingly uncommon.
Even so, Cleveland’s case shows that extensions can still be granted when pastoral circumstances justify them. In similar situations, such as in the Diocese of San Angelo in the United States, bishops have quietly sought to preserve the traditional liturgy as part of their wider mission to foster reverence and unity within their dioceses.
Ping
Well, you know what they say...Cleveland rocks!
Or is it Cleveland et cum spiritu tuo rocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKDjis1fg8E
Oh, it’s after Labor Day is now Pope Leo good again?
Just proves you’re wrong again, as always.
Such mercy, I weep. Lol.
Freak.
They treat the Mass as an experiment ... to be dribbled out on a trial basis, for a few years at a time, to see if it’s any good.
Meanwhile, the novus ordo was shoved down our throats, complete with campfire songs, hippies, clowns, paraphrases of a bad translation, felt banners, and minimalist architecture, as though that was the greatest thing ever.
It’s all backwards.
Rather give this beautiful cathedral to the godless infidels at a bargain-basement price, before dedicating it to the exclusive use of the Traditional Latin Mass.
Right, oystir?
After all, it's all about "accompaniment" whether they be heretics, schismatics, homos, pagans...everyone except traditional Catholics.
Of course it’s awful.
So it wasn’t good a good Pope Leo day. At least you are consistent in your after Labor Day discourse.
Oh, and Good News, ebby. There is about a 60% chance that on All Saints Day I will be in Fatima. Last week I would have said an 80% chance but these matters are not in my control. If I make it I will include you in my prayers (regardless I do add you to prayers) it just would be nice to do so in Fatima.
“The sins which cause most souls to go to hell are the sins of the flesh”. And then come to the conclusion that you must quit the Jesuits' Team Homo and stop defending the likes of Jimmy Martin, Jorge Bergoglio, Marko Rupnik, et al and their "homo-blessings".
P.S. The Fatima Shrine has refused to remove the 33-by-164-foot gold mosaic by the Jesuit rapist (of both women and men), Marko Rupnik, from the back wall of the shrine’s largest and most modern worship space.
Imagine that!
Ray Arroyo is a good guy and a great supporter of the TLM. But I don’t necessarily have a huge problem with Pope Leo hosting and praying with Chuck. This is more of a PR make-nice get-together between the pope and a head of state than a significant statement on Chuck personally or his marital history or the heretical doctrines and activities of his so-called Church of England.
King Charles III was formally accorded the title of Royal Confrater during a solemn ecumenical ceremony at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
The presentation took place on 2 October during the occasion of his state visit, accompanied by Queen Camilla, to the Holy See, which was attended by senior Catholic and Anglican figures.
The title of Royal Confrater, conferred with the approval of Pope Leo XIV, historically belonged to Catholic monarchs who served as honorary protectors of one of Rome’s major basilicas.
Not a fan at all of this event or of King Charles, but to be fair to him, he didn’t marry Camilla until eight years after the death of Diana. He was free to marry. Henry VIII was not.
Thank you. I will look into it.
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