We were asked to remove the following note (first posted on December 17, 2007) - but now that the largest Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, has confirmed it in today's edition, there is no reason to maintain discretion about it anymore.
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____________________________________From the website of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP) in Melbourne:Personal Parish for the Extraordinary Form to be established in Rome: the traditional Mass apostolate in Rome under Fr Joseph Kramer is to be elevated into a personal parish, with Fr Kramer as its first parish priest. The apostolate will move early in 2008 into a larger Church, which will be given for the exclusive use of the new Parish: the Church of Trinita dei Pellegrini. We are told that the Holy Father wishes this model to be “an exemplar for the whole Church”. We thank God for this development, rejoice in the Holy Father’s leadership, and congratulate Fr Kramer and his community.Congratulations to Father Kramer and the Traditional Mass congregation in tiny Muratori.
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Tip: Bob CatholicPicture: High Altar at the church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims (Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini), near Piazza Farnese, in Rione Regola; painting by Guido Reni.
The Corriere also reports the following this Wednesday:
"There is still not an official act by Cardinal Ruini [the Cardinal-Vicar (Administrator) of the Diocese of Rome]", [says] monsignor Ernesto Mandara, who oversees the churches of the city center at the Vicariate. But the document for the establishment of the new parish which we be granted to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, which includes over 200 priests around the world to carry forward the ancient rite, is ready. Barring unforeseen [events], the activities will begin soon after Holy Week.
