Posted on 03/25/2026 10:03:12 AM PDT by ebb tide
An update to our latest text on the French Bishops' Conference analysis of the Latin Mass matter.
The Pope sent a message, by way of his Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin which included a paragraph on the matter -- emphasis added below:
His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has asked me to convey to you his best wishes for the smooth and fruitful progress of the work of your Plenary Assembly. He assures you of his fraternal prayer. He hopes that this occasion will be a renewed opportunity to strengthen the bonds of fraternal charity among you, in the shared pursuit of God's Will for the Church in France.
The Holy Father has taken note of the topics you intend to address, and several have drawn his interest. In particular, you will be taking up, in response to the Apostolic Letter Drawing New Maps of Hope, the theme of education — a theme that had especially captured the attention of Pope Francis because of its paramount importance both for the future of the world and for the proclamation of the Gospel. Your work takes place in the context of growing hostility toward Catholic institutions and challenges to their distinctive character. While respecting the convictions of all and always maintaining a spirit of broad welcome, the Pope encourages you to defend with determination the Christian dimension of Catholic education, which, without reference to Jesus Christ, would lose its very reason for being.
One aspect of your reflection will concern the continued fight against the abuse of minors and the reparations process that you have undertaken with determination. It is indeed fitting to persevere over the long term in the prevention efforts already underway, and to continue demonstrating the Church's attentiveness to victims and God's mercy toward all. It is right that priests guilty of abuse not be excluded from this mercy and that they be the subject of your pastoral reflections. Moreover, after several years of painful crises, the time has come to turn resolutely toward the future and to address to the priests of France, who have been sorely tried, a message of encouragement and trust.
Finally, dear brothers, you intend to address the delicate theme of the Liturgy, to which the Holy Father is particularly attentive, in the context of the growth of communities attached to the Vetus Ordo. It is troubling that a painful wound continues to open in the Church concerning the celebration of the Mass, the very sacrament of unity. To heal it, a fresh regard from each person toward the other, with a greater understanding of the other's sensibility, is surely needed — a regard that could allow brothers enriched by their diversity to welcome one another mutually, in charity and in the unity of faith. May the Holy Spirit suggest to you concrete solutions that would generously include those sincerely attached to the Vetus Ordo, while respecting the orientations set forth by the Second Vatican Council regarding the Liturgy.
Dear brothers, the Sovereign Pontiff assures you of his affection and of the interest he takes in the Eldest Daughter of the Church. He prays for all the Catholics of France and for her clergy, that they may persevere in the faith and in the courageous proclamation of the Gospel, in times that are certainly difficult but in which signs of hope and of God's presence in hearts are not lacking. Renewing his encouragement, and entrusting you to the intercession of Our Lady of the Assumption and of all the Saints of France, the Holy Father willingly grants you the Apostolic Blessing.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State of His Holiness From the Vatican, March 18, 2026
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How do you say in Latin that homosexuals within the clergy and hierarchy are a demonic curse on the Church? Sorry but this Pope will not deal with this abomination.
I do not understand the antagonism against the Latin Mass. I understand why Mass may need to be celebrated in the vernacular, where Latin is relatively unknown, but for those who value two millenia of continuity and fellowship in the Communion of Saints, The traditional Mass is a gift.
Is this an example of Romanita? Because I have no idea what this means.
It is as though our Pontiff shoveled a lot of words into a snack size baggie.
Any thoughts?
I got to give credit where credit is due. “Generously including “ us vetus ordo folk is an improvement over the “kick ‘em in the teeth “ stuff we got from Bergoglio, may God have mercy upon him. Leo isn’t the trad pope of our dreams but he’s our scourge either. Deo gratias.
Meant to say NOT our scourge
The issue is never the issue; the issue is always The Revolution. the revolutionaries desire to destroy the Church and remake her in their own perverse and demonic image and likeness. Thus all things pre-revolutionary ... the Mass, the Sacraments, the sacramentals, the devotions, even the very foundational doctrines and dogmas ... must be destroyed or perverted. Only out of such destruction can their brave new “church” be excreted upon the Earth.
The “vetus ordo” (Traditional Latin Mass) more perfectly exemplifies the Faith handed down from the Apostles, more perfectly exemplifies the sacrificial nature of the Mass, more perfectly exemplifies the relationship between the Church and her Head (Our Lord Jesus Christ) than anything that has been invented more recently. To Catholics, it is of sublime beauty. To revolutionaries, it is most extremely hideous.
Did you ever read or watch “The Lord of the Rings”? Remember how “Gollum” reacted to anything elvish? That’s how modernist revolutionaries react to anything genuinely Catholic ... and for the same reason.
I hope and pray that this is a signal to the French and others not to put restrictions on the TLM that they’re just going to have to undo (embarrassingly) in a few months when he publishes a bull or motu proprio liberalizing access to the TLM.
My read is that the progressive, aka heretical, bishops are just like our domestic libs: smugly self-confident, they believe that anyone who disagrees with them is not just not wrong, but wicked, and must be bent to the will of the righteous
You put much more elegantly what I was getting at in my No. 10
If we all wrote the same way, life would be boring. Your comparison of modernist revolutionaries in the Church to communist democRATs in these United States is apt.
Vatican II caused the painful wound to open in the Catholic Church. Reverse it.
Well ebby, should we wait for you to post LieSite’s vitriol and probably fake interpretation?
What is seems to me, yes me ebby, is that Pope Leo is well aware of the issues. Since last August, Pope Leo has held private audiences with Cardinals Burke, Sarah, and Müller, even Bishop Schneider, and leaders of the Fraternity of St. Peter. I believe he is directing a relaxation or softening of the restrictions imposed by Traditionis Custodes - so good, right ebby?
But, with that said, Leo XIV is not calling for a full rollback to Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum - so not so good, right ebby?
But, harshness is not in order with episcopal generosity toward traditional communities, especially in France, where the true craziness occurs. Will some communities accept the olive branch of UNITY? A middle ground between Benedict and Francis? This certainly does not seem to be a roll back to pre-Vatican II.
Will sspx start cooperating and communicating? Will you accept Pope Leo, ebby? UNITY! KINDNESS, LOVE! ImagineThat!
Bkmrk
Well, ebby what say you? No cartoon network. You?
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