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[Catholic Caucus] US Bishop Celebrates Traditional Mass with Youth in OhioAuxiliary Bishop Robert Reed of Boston is celebrating a Mass in the Roman rite at the SEEK Conference 2026 in Columbus, Ohio, today.The Mass will be held at 2:15 p.m. at St Patrick's Church, with the liturgical assistance from the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP).The SEEK Conference is organised by the FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) group. Several thousand young Catholics are expected to attend.

[Catholic Caucus] The Traditional Mass a Topic at the January Consistory?Nicola Spuntoni, in an article published in Il Giornale on December 16, reveals that the Pope, who has convened an extraordinary consistory for January 7 and 8, will be sending the cardinals a letter before Christmas outlining the three-point agenda for this consistory: their participation in the governance of the Church, synodality, and the liturgical question.It goes without saying that, on this last point, the status of the Traditional Latin Mass after Traditionis Custodes will not be the only topic of discussion, but it is clear that it will be...

[Catholic Caucus] No Room at the Inn: A Christmas Music Video for the Latin MassA Tribute to Traditional Catholics in Charlotte, Tennessee, and DetroitNo Room at the Inn is a simple folk ballad written as a protest and a prayer in the wake of the quiet extinguishing of the Traditional Latin Mass across large swaths of the United States. It is for Catholics who have watched parish doors close, altar rails removed, and ancient worship pushed to the margins under the language of “unity,” “implementation,” and “pastoral care.”The title is not metaphorical flourish. It is descriptive. The Latin Mass has...

Suppressing the Holy Mass Has Never Worked… And It Won’t NowWhat if a European country had suppressed the Catholic Church and Her Holy Mass relentlessly, non-stop for 300 years—a time period longer than the United States has even been in existence? Generation after generation of ruthless state-run Catholic suppression. How could that nation possibly remain Catholic? Well, just ask the Irish! The truth is, in spite of millions of Catholics over the centuries losing their freedoms, their earthly possessions—and in the end, their very lives—at the hands of suppressors, this unholy activity has never worked particularly well against the Church...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo’s new bishop of Tucson supported Communion kneeler ban, Latin Mass restrictions Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Monsignor James A. Misko, the vicar general of the Diocese of Austin, Texas, as the next bishop of Tucson, Arizona.Bishop-elect Misko will be consecrated and installed as the eighth bishop of Tucson on February 20, 2026, the diocese announced December 22.As vicar general of Austin, Misko enforced the suppression of multiple Traditional Latin Masses (TLM) and the ban on Communion kneelers, while also urging the faithful to get the abortion-tainted COVID jab.Misko, 55, will succeed Archbishop Edward Weisenburger, now...

[Catholic Caucus] Tennessee bishop limits celebration of Latin Mass to small chapel once a monthAfter banning the Latin Mass at all parishes in the Diocese of Knoxville, Bishop Mark Beckman will now allow a monthly TLM in a retreat center chapel, which is likely too small to accommodate the faithful. Featured ImageThe Diocese of Knoxville under Bishop Mark Beckman will limit the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) to just one chapel at a retreat center once a month after previously announcing the suppression of all parish TLMs in the diocese, the bishop announced in a letter on Tuesday.In...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo poised to grant ‘generous’ exemptions to Traditionis custodes, UK bishops told“Leo will ask Cardinal Arthur [Roche, prefect of the dicastery] to be generous.”Sources close to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales told The Pillar that Pope Leo appears poised to grant widespread exemptions to Traditionis custodes, without revoking the motu proprio itself. Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, gave a recent address to the plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, informing the bishops that the Vatican would “be generous” when asked to dispense from the restrictions to...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘The Church is not an NGO’: Cardinal Müller says bishops, pope must conform to ChristAt a Pontifical High Mass in Philadelphia, the German cardinal decried the bishops' recent push for synodality and their tendency to submit to the world.PHILADELPHIA (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, in a homily at a packed Solemn Pontifical High Mass on Sunday, slammed the Church hierarchy for conforming to the world instead of Our Lord Jesus Christ.In his November 2 homily, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) denounced the bishops’ recent push for synodality and their...

Cardinal Müller warns bishops are pushing traditional Catholics towards the SSPXCardinal Gerhard Müller has warned that some bishops are effectively forcing conservative Catholics to stay at home or seek refuge with the Society of Saint Pius X. In a wide-ranging interview with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo, the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said: “I heard from some bishops that Catholics who do not want the newer form of the liturgy can either remain at home or go to the Lefebvrians [FSSPX].” He called instead for dialogue, saying, “We must be very open, speak with the...

Cardinal Müller says ‘progressivism,’ not tradition, is ‘splitting’ the Catholic ChurchCardinal Gerhard Müller concluded that there is no theology behind Latin Mass restrictions because the Vatican has not and cannot explain what is wrong with the Traditional Mass.Cardinal Gerhard Müller said it is “progressivism,” not tradition, that is dividing the Catholic Church in light of a statement by Pope Leo XIV that the tension between “tradition and novelty” can be a “harmful polarization.”“Progressivism is the ideology that’s splitting the Church,” Müller, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), told EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo on a Thursday...

[Catholic Caucus] Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage triples as FSSP runs out of HostsThousands of pilgrims travelled to Rome for the annual Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage from Friday 24 October to Sunday 26 October, celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass under the aegis of the Pope in the heart of the Catholic Church.This year, the ancient rite of the Mass, in its pontifical form, was once again permitted to be celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica on Saturday 25 October, at the Altar of the Chair, after a two-year hiatus.With re-established permission from Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke presided over and celebrated the...

[Catholic Caucus] Latin Mass, Exorcism in St. Peter’s Basilica with Record CrowdsAbove: Holy Mass at the High Altar in St. Peter’s (behind the main altar). All photos by Don Elvir unless noted.“Ooh la, la!” In many ways the instinctive and sotto voce reaction of the parish priest of St. Peter’s Basilica to the immense crowd he saw on Saturday could be an apt representation of the response of many in the Catholic Church today, when faced with the vibrancy of the traditional movement.Walking out into the crowds gathered at the Altar of the Chair in the Vatican, the Italian Franciscan...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke's Sermon at the Vatican Basilica Pontifical Mass - October 25, 2025In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.It is the source of deepest joy for me to offer the Pontifical Mass at the Altar of the Chair of Saint Peter as the culmination of the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage of 2025. In the name of all present, I express heartfelt gratitude to those who have labored so diligently and well to make possible the Pilgrimage. I am offering the Holy Mass for the faithful in the Church throughout the...

[Catholic Caucus] Five Traditional Pontifical Liturgies to Be Celebrated in Rome and the USThe liturgies are being celebrated over the next month at a time when Pope Leo XIV is weighing up whether to continue restrictions imposed by Pope Francis' 2021 apostolic letter ‘Traditionis Custodes.'Despite continuing suppression of the traditional liturgy — which appears to be concentrated in some dioceses of the United States — four cardinals and an archbishop are to celebrate five traditional pontifical liturgies in Rome and the U.S. over the next month.At 3 p.m. this coming Saturday, Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a pontifical Mass in...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican grants two-year extension for Latin Mass in ClevelandThe 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...

Leo XIV Keeps Cardinal Roche Who Curtails the Traditional Latin MassEWTN 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...

[Catholic Caucus] By their fruits you shall know them: The Spiritual Fruits of Summorum Pontificum and the Traditional Mass are Astonishing It is not the Rite that divides, but the exclusion:Let us judge it by its fruitsFirst, those who love the traditional Mass are excluded, and then they are accused of excluding. They are set apart, and then that marginalization is used as proof that they are “divisive.” It is a perfect circle of exclusion and blame. But the reality should be precisely the opposite: when the Vetus Ordo coexists with the ordinary form, it does not generate division, but...

[Catholic Caucus] 39% of Young American Priests Consider Access to the Traditional Latin Mass a Priority 39% of priests in the United States ordained after the year 2000 consider access to the Traditional Latin Mass a priority -- 1in 4 (more like 4 in 10 edit e.t.), compared with just 11%, or 1 in 10, for priests ordained before 1980.The numbers come from this study ("Morale, Leadership, and Pastoral Priorities: Highlights from the 2025 National Study of Catholic Priests"), published today by The Catholic Project of the Catholic University of America (CUA).It is quite astonishing, and a clear trend. Woe...

[Catholic Caucus] A Reaction to Kwasniewski's Appearance on Pints with AquinasAs many of our readers will know, I appeared recently on the Pints with Aquinas podcast, hosted by Matt Fradd. The interview has over 100K views. The impact seems to be international, as well: a German website called Certamen wrote up a succinct commentary that is translated below. -PAK A Commentary on the Conversation between Matt Fradd and Dr. Peter KwasniewskiThere are conversations that begin like a quiet stream and develop into a raging torrent. The nearly four-hour interview that Catholic podcaster Matt Fradd recently conducted with Dr. Peter Kwasniewski,...

[Catholic Caucus] Traditional Latin Mass annihilated in the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee (Update: and a humiliating homily)The cruelty taking place under Leo XIV is becoming loud and deafening. Rome does nothing.Tragic. And not even one alternative venue was offered in a diocese of 14,000 square miles occupying all of East Tennessee. The current bishop was named by Francis last year. Document below:Update: If that were not enough, the faithful in the Novus Ordo mass in one of the venues, the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, in Chattanooga, were subjected to this simultaneously pseudo-overeducated and misinformed homily haranguing them about...