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[Catholic Caucus] 4 Years of Traditionis Custodes - 4 Years of Lies An interview with Christian Marquant, of French association Paix Liturgique:Paix Liturgique – Dear Christian, what do you mean by the title you chose for this interview? Christian Marquant – That the motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, which was published exactly four years ago on July 16, 2021, was an extraordinary exercise of manipulation aimed at putting and end once and for all to the increasingly disturbing question of the renewal of those who are known as traditionalists, and whom I prefer to call faithful Catholics. Paix Liturgique – But...

[Catholic Caucus] Official Vatican Report Dismantles Traditionis CustodesA major exposé on Traditionis Custodes leaked a confidential Vatican document summarizing the 2020 global survey of bishops—a document that allegedly influenced Pope Francis’s controversial decision to restrict the Traditional Latin Mass. According to the leaked findings, the majority of bishops did not support limiting the Latin Mass and even warned that such restrictions could worsen tensions within the Catholic Church.Journalist Diane Montagna recently published the report prepared by the Vatican following the questionnaire that, in 2020, the then Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had sent to the presidents of episcopal...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Official Vatican Report Exposes Major Cracks in Foundation of Traditionis CustodesPreviously undisclosed documents raise serious questions about the stated rationale for Pope Francis’ 2021 decree restricting the Traditional Latin Mass.A Traditional Latin Mass is celebrated at the tomb of St. Catherine of Siena at the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Sept. 15, 2017 (Photo: Edward PentinVATICAN CITY, July 1, 2025 — New evidence has come to light that exposes major cracks in the foundation of Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’ 2021 decree that restricted the traditional Roman liturgy.This journalist has obtained the Vatican’s overall assessment of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo appoints Cardinal Roche, same-sex ‘blessing’ supporters to Dicastery for Consecrated LifeThe new members include 5 cardinals – including Cardinal Arthur Roche – 5 bishops, 4 priests, 4 religious women, and one lay woman.Pope Leo today appointed a rank of members to the Vatican office overseeing religious orders and the Latin Mass communities, including some cardinals who have opposed the traditional Mass and supported blessings for same-sex couples.As outlined in the Holy See Press Office bulletin on June 24, Leo XIV appointed 19 new members to the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic...

[Catholic Caucus] The Bishops of France and Cardinal Roche Still at War Against the Traditional Pilgrimages of France -- What Will Leo XIV do?Sometimes, decisions can wait. At other times, they have to be made fast.In April and early May, making use of the interregnum for their nefarious ends, the anti-traditional bishops of France negotiated with Cardinal Roche, Prefect of Divine Worship, in order to make as hard as possible the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass and sacraments in the Paris-Chartres Pilgrimage -- and all other pilgrimages in France.Leo XIV was not involved in these decisions. What will he...

[Catholic Caucus] THE FUTURE OF TRADITIONIS CUSTODES -- AND OF THE TRADITIONAL MASSTraditionis custodes is back in the news. Following DDW Prefect Arthur Cardinal Roche’s interview with The Catholic Herald, even non-traditionalist commentators are wondering: does Traditionis custodes have a future? (One of the individuals interviewed was RC contributor Joseph Shaw.) In considering this question, I would like to take a slightly different approach, and also directly answer one of the stated justifications for it in the article.The Zone is FloodedOne of the biggest threats to the survival of Traditionis has been the ability of traditionalists to dominate the discourse...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Roche Repudiates Traditionis CustodesEver since Traditionis Custodes was issued more than 3½ years ago, its defenders have struggled to come up with a rationale for why it was issued at all. This is hardly surprising. The motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, in repudiation of which it was written, was the fruit of decades of careful meditation on the Church’s liturgy problem, on the part of one of the finest minds of our times. And the theological and pastoral problems which Benedict XVI addressed with such wisdom and sensitivity are not one whit less real and serious now than...

Cardinal Roche: ‘Nothing wrong’ with Latin Mass but Church needed to ‘move away’ from itCardinal Arthur Roche, a leading enforcer of Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Latin Mass, has said there is ‘nothing wrong’ with the traditional liturgy but insists the Church deliberately moved ‘away from’ it for ‘very good reasons.’After vigorously implementing Pope Francis restrictions on the traditional Mass, Cardinal Arthur Roche has said there is “nothing wrong” with the Latin Mass but that the Church wished to “move away from what had become an overly elaborate form of celebrating the Mass.”Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Chartres pilgrimage will continue even if Vatican cracks down, president saysIn an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews, Notre Dame de Chrétienté president Jean des Tauriers explained why he feels serene and optimistic about the future of the traditional Chartres pilgrimage.Thousands of Catholics gather for the 2024 Chartres PilgrimageIn a report published last Thursday by the French newspaper La Croix, it was rumored that a “major annual French pilgrimage promoting the Tridentine [i.e. Traditional Latin] Mass is under Vatican review. The Dicastery for Divine Worship believes organizers are not adhering to current regulations for celebrating Mass following the pre-Vatican...

[Catholic Caucus] French Bishops’ Paper: The Vatican Considering forbidding Traditional Masses inside Cathedrals for the 2025 Chartres PilgrimageThe semi-official daily newspaper of the French bishops, La Croix, had news on this startling development yesterday: the greatest Traditional pilgrimage in the world (and largest Catholic pilgrimage in France) under threat.From our friends at French blog Le Salon Beige:The Vatican may ban the celebration of the traditional Mass at the Chartres pilgrimage. According to information gathered by La Croix:“…the dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments considers that this annual gathering raises questions of conformity with the rules in...

[Catholic Caucus] The Attempt to Ban the Latin Mass Continues (Spearheaded Now By Roche and Viola, With Francis Having Lost Interest) The Traditional Latin Mass at the Cathedral of St. Eugene in Santa Rosa, CA was once packed and overflowing each Sunday with faithful Catholics. Here is a picture of children joyfully preparing for a Sung Latin Mass on Christmas 2022:This represents the transmission of Catholic belief and culture that is so desperately needed- and lacking- in today's world (especially the West). Now, the Vatican (specifically, Cardinals Roche and Viola) have ordered this beautiful liturgy- the one that sustained this...

[Catholic Caucus] The New TLM Suppression: Crisis Averted?Remember when everybody was sure that there was a new Latin Mass suppression coming down the pike from The Dictator Pope and his mercy for the margins?That came from a credible rumour published by our friends at Rorate back on June 17th. While that was brewing, Viganò got the axe from the Vatican, and a different report denied any existence of a new TLM suppression.Meanwhile, the “Agatha Christie Petition 2.0” was released, along with a second petition by the same authors for the faithful to sign. A third petition was also put out...

[Catholic Caucus] On the Suppression of the TLM on the Covadonga PilgrimageAn ominous sign indicating the credibility of the reports that discuss a further suppression of the Apostolic Roman Rite by the Roman Curia of “Mercy” was the recent announcement by the Vatican prohibiting the celebration of the Gregorian Rite at the Shrine of Our Lady of Covadonga on the final day of the Our Lady of Christendom pilgrimage in Asturias, Spain.At the Archdiocese of Oviedo they have informed us that they have received instructions from the Dicastery for Divine Worship stating that the Traditional Holy Mass is not to...

Fifty Reasons Why the Dicastery for Divine Worship Prohibited the Traditional Mass at CovadongaThe following article by Luis López Valpuesta appeared in Spanish on July 12, 2024 at Infovaticana.The Roman Dicastery of Divine Worship has ordered the Archbishopric of Oviedo to prevent the celebration of a Traditional Mass in the Sanctuary of Covadonga. And apparently the reason(s) why this Church open to “everyone, everyone” of Francis is taking a decision that will undoubtedly disappoint the hundreds of young people who will gather in that beautiful Asturian locality has not been specified.Therefore, I have allowed myself the audacity to make up...

[Catholic Caucus] URGENT - Growing Rumors of a “Final Solution” for the Traditional Latin Mass - TLM("Unconditional Tradition": parade against restrictions to the TLM,in Quimper, Brittany, France, on Sunday, June 16, 2024)Dear readers,Once again, as at least twice in the past (before the crackdown on the Franciscans of the Immaculate, and in the twelve months leading up to Traditionis Custodes), Rorate Caeli is sad to be the first bearer of grave, heavy, and persistent rumors coming from the circles close to Cardinal Roche and to the liturgical warriors close to Casa Santa Marta in Rome.An attempt is being made to...

[Catholic Caucus] French Canonist Questions the Legality of Mandating Priests to Concelebrate the MassIs mandatory concelebration coherent with the Second Vatican Council and canon law?Traditional Latin Mass inside St Peter's Basilica on Oct. 30, 2021.Reports have circulated for several years now of Catholic priests being told to cease saying private Masses by themselves and celebrate with other priests instead, a practice called concelebration.In 2021, for example, the Vatican banned priests from saying private Masses at the above-ground altars in St. Peter’s Basilica. The edict was later eased after a public outcry, but concelebration in the basilica is now “the norm.”...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis defends restrictions on Latin Mass – ‘Read the motu proprio’In new comments to LifeSiteNews, Pope Francis said that his reasons for suppressing the Traditional Latin Mass are all contained within his 2021 document 'Traditionis Custodes.'In new comments to LifeSiteNews, Pope Francis said that his reasons for suppressing the Traditional Latin Mass are all contained within his 2021 document 'Traditionis Custodes.' The motu proprio in question is the July 2021 text Traditionis Custodes, by which Francis ushered in sweeping restrictions on the traditional liturgy – also known as the Latin Mass, or the Extraordinary Form –...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop of Detroit issues new Latin Mass restrictions in conformity with Vatican rescriptIn response to Cardinal Arthur Roche's February rescript, Abp. Allen Vigneron has asked parishes to seek alternative buildings to continue offering the Traditional Latin Mass.DETROIT (LifeSiteNews) — In response to Cardinal Arthur Roche’s February rescript, the Archbishop of Detroit has asked parishes to seek alternative buildings to continue offering the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM).The Most Rev. Allen Vigneron issued new guidelines on May 5, the Feast Day of Pope St. Pius V, requesting that pastors of parishes offering the TLM find a new location for the...

[Catholic Caucus] Latin Mass to be canceled at Oklahoma parish as Vatican dispensation expiresSt. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond, a suburb of Oklahoma City, will lose its Traditional Latin Mass in June.EDMOND, Oklahoma (LifeSiteNews) — A Traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will be eliminated next month once a dispensation from the Vatican expires.St. Monica Catholic Church, located in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond, is a growing, vibrant parish led by Father Stephen Hamilton that offers the TLM Monday through Friday during the school year, in addition to a once-per-month Sunday TLM.In a gut-wrenching sermon on...

[Catholic Caucus] Parisian traditionalists gather to question Cardinal Roche; Roche cancels, and then French bishops try to escape through the back doorAt “L’homme nouveau”, Maitena Urbistondoy writes about the rather exciting goings-on in Paris on May 11, 2023. Translated for Rorate.—PAKThis Thursday, May 11, the Extraordinary National Days of the National Service for Liturgical and Sacramental Pastoral Care (SNPLS) come to a close in Paris. Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, accompanied by Archbishop Guy de Kérimel of Toulouse, was to preside over the two days of conferences intended for...