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‘Traditionis Custodes’ One Year LaterBishops seeking to faithfully fulfill the Pope’s call for greater regulation of the traditional Latin Mass are grappling with tough decisions that have real pastoral consequences.Vatican August 5, 2022 More than one year has passed since Pope Francis’s 2021 apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes (Guardians of Tradition), and as U.S. bishops implement the papal decree limiting the use of the 1962 Roman Missal for Catholic communities, new pastoral realities and challenges are arising.For the most part, the 150,000 U.S. Catholics who regularly attend Mass celebrated with the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly called the traditional Latin Mass or...

Fr. Altman thanks Bp. Strickland: ‘You brought grace into my life at a very important time’ October 2, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — During the inaugural episode of The Bishop Strickland Show on LifeSiteNews, Fr. James Altman expressed gratitude to Bishop Strickland for tweeting support for him after he exposed the pro-abortion policies of the Democratic Party. Fr. Altman, who is stationed in the Diocese of La Cross, Wisconsin, said he received “vile and despicable” feedback for his video and that he had felt “kind of alone” amidst all the attacks he was facing. But when Bishop Strickland tweeted that he stands...

[Catholic Caucus] TX Bishop Calls for Eucharistic Processions to Fight Coronavirus Meanwhile, other bishops cancel Mass and force Communion in the hand TYLER, Texas (ChurchMililtant.com) - A Texas bishop is calling for Eucharistic processions to battle the coronavirus, even as fellow bishops are canceling Masses and banning the reception of Holy Communion on the tongue. On Wednesday, Bp. Joseph Strickland of the diocese of Tyler tweeted, "I call on every Catholic priest to lead a simple Eucharistic Procession around your Church sometime before the Feast of St Joseph, March 19, for repentance, Christ’s healing hand on the Coronavirus & that all men may be...

Polish bishops call for more Masses in response to coronavirus: ‘Unimaginable’ to close churches 'Just as hospitals treat diseases of the body, so the Church serves to, among other things, treat illness of the soul; that is why it is unimaginable that we not pray in our churches,' said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, leader of the Polish bishops' conference. Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops' conference. POZNAN, Poland, March 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― Poland’s bishops have called for more Masses as a response to the coronavirus epidemic.  Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, writing as the leader of the Polish bishops’ conference,...