Summorum Pontificum itself foresaw a report, in order to adjust any issues with implementation -- and the report now obtained was generally positive. As Montagna reports:
Thousands of souls are without home today, after the generous post-Summorum application in the Archdiocese of Detroit is replaced with episcopal Tradition-hating whim.
Just a few dandelions remain standing from what was a flowering garden...
Let us pray for our abandoned brothers and sisters, and that the Church may have good and holy bishops.
Motet for the Feast of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, in a composition published in 1572 by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594), whose 500th birthday is being celebrated this year.
The hauntingly beautiful 'Tu es Petrus' at the conclusion of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with Pope Leo XIV on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. May God bless the Holy Father, on this the first time he celebrates the Feast of the Prince of the Apostles as Roman Pontiff. pic.twitter.com/rDIKwmk5UZ
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) June 29, 2025
My small parish gave birth to a priestly vocation in less than seven years. How did we do it? It’s not rocket science. It’s called Tradition. And this includes the source and summit of Tradition: the holy Mass.
A young man, who was converted away from a worldly and hedonistic lifestyle by exposure to the traditional Latin Mass, quite logically figured out that his continued conversion would more likely than not be best supported by such continued exposure.
It has been 50 days since Pope Leo XIV was elected, but the world does not have a clear picture of him yet. Some cardinals and professional Vatican analysts seem to be getting a more detailed profile of the Pope (one which is apparently more orthodox than many initially had expected), but the world at large does not view him as a new Pope Benedict XVI to be opposed vigorously (yet).
13% of Catholics say they have attended a Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) at least once in the last five years, including 2% who say they attend a TLM weekly today.
Interview granted by the Father Abbot of the most influential Traditional abbey in the world, Our Lady of Fontgombault (France), to French Catholic periodical La Nef -- Lothar Rillinger (for Kath.net) and Christophe Geffroy (for La Nef, for complementary questions) are the interviewers.
Dom Jean Pateau: “Unity is not uniformity”
The detestable Italian professor was introduced by some malevolent Vatican spirit to Francis and created the document that would later be signed by the late pope as "Traditionis custodes", whose aim is explicitly to destroy the Traditional Latin Mass in the long term.
But it seems Grillo has at last bitten more than he can chew (or at least at last because it happened during this new pontificate). In an article from early June, the Father of Traditionis Custodes, lambasted Carlo Acutis, the young man beatified by Francis and to be canonized by Leo XIV in October.
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In recent weeks, the world witnessed an unprecedented escalation in the war between Israel and Iran. A war that could assume the proportions of a global conflict, with a not remote probability that nuclear weapons would be employed. Against this terrible backdrop, the modern West is now helpless and incapable of reacting: instead of acknowledging its own errors, starting with the denial of those Christian roots that constituted the essence of its glorious past, it now seems to be in the grip of a mad rush toward moral suicide. Indeed, the British Parliament, after passing laws to impose penalties on those who interfere, even silently praying, with access to “abortion services,” has gone even further by passing an amendment to existing abortion legislation that “women should be excluded from the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 and the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 in relation to their pregnancies, bringing England and Wales into line with Northern Ireland.” The amendment, tabled by Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, passed with 379 votes in favor and 137 against.
Here is to be found one of the deeper aspects of the dogma of the Communion of Saints. The closer one of these privileged souls is to God, the author and source of every good which can adorn and rejoice souls, the greater is her beneficent action on those around. What graces she can demand from the Spouse, wresting them from Him for the whole Church!
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| Projection from 2014 based on active France-bred vocations from religious orders |
Leo XIV met with the outgoing board of the French Bishops' Conference (CEF) last week, and, as Silere non Possum notes, it is the silence on vocations -- particularly of the traditional communities, completely ignored in the bishops' 2025 dramatic report -- that is noteworthy:
Notably absent: the communities linked to the traditional liturgy
By James Baresel
In the twentieth chapter of Loss and Gain, Saint John Henry Newman gives an extended description of how Catholics attended Mass: “Each in his place, with his own heart, with his own wants, with his own thoughts, with his own intention, with his own prayers, separate but concordant, watching what is going on, watching its progress, uniting in its consummation;—not painfully and hopelessly following a hard form of prayer from beginning to end, but, like a concert of musical instruments, each different, but concurring in a sweet harmony, we take our part with God's priest.”
Father Richard Cipolla
From the sixth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John: “At this the Jews quarreled among themselves saying:’ How can he give us his flesh to eat’”?
Who are these Jews? These are the co-religionists of Jesus’ time, those who could not bear to hear Jesus’ words about his flesh and blood as real food and real drink. But “the Jews” are also those who at any time and any place cannot bear to hear these words of Jesus. They are those who murmur in opposition, they who ask “What is the point of this feast of Corpus Christi? We have Holy Thursday to celebrate the institution of the Eucharist. That is a logical feast. Why this other feast, what is the point, and what does this tell us, what does this teach us, what difference does this feast make in my life?”
In order to have a shared point of reference in political activity, and not exclude a priori any consideration of the transcendent in decision-making processes, it would be helpful to seek an element that unites everyone. To this end, an essential reference point is the natural law, written not by human hands, but acknowledged as valid in all times and places, and finding its most plausible and convincing argument in nature itself. In the words of Cicero, already an authoritative exponent of this law in antiquity, I quote from De Re Publica: “Natural law is right reason, in accordance with nature, universal, constant and eternal, which with its commands, invites us to do what is right and with its prohibitions deters us from evil... No change may be made to this law, nor may any part of it be removed, nor can it be abolished altogether; neither by the Senate nor by the people, can we free ourselves from it, nor is it necessary to seek its commentator or interpreter. And there shall be no law in Rome, none in Athens, none now, none later; but one eternal and unchanging law shall govern all peoples at all times” (III, 22).
The following article was submitted by a reader to Rorate. We publish it here without further comment. Since the time of writing, the CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh has picked up the story (see here and here). - PAK
The war between Israel and Iran, which overlaps with the war between Russia and Ukraine, makes the international scenario increasingly alarming. Let us leave aside the historical, political, and economic context in which these wars arose and developed and dwell on the moral problem on the horizon. In the Cold War era, the balance between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, was ensured by the strategy of “deterrence,” or “mutual assured destruction” (MAD), according to which nuclear weapons, due to their destructive potential, constituted a tool to deter the enemy from an attack that would have a devastating response. Nuclear arsenals had as their sole purpose “to nullify nuclear weapons” (Herman Kahn, Philosophy of Atomic Warfare, tr. it., Il Borghese, Milan 1966, p. 138). In the post-modern era following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, there are no longer any shared international rules. The use of nuclear weapons is evoked, for example, by Vladimir Putin, as a means to rebalance military inferiority in the field of conventional weapons or, in the case of Iran, as a strategic goal to be achieved to destroy the State of Israel. One of the rules of deterrence was not to take the name of the bomb in vain. The verbal escalation we are witnessing could lead to actual war more quickly than we can imagine.
We are grateful to Michael Matt for giving Rorate permission to republish this important statement from the organizers of the Chartres pilgrimage (originally published in English at The Remnant), who have been under severe pressure from the French hierarchy to abandon the traditional Catholic orientation of the pilgrimage, which has just completed its 43rd iteration. As Matt writes: “The razor’s edge that Notre Dame de Chrétienté is talking in defense of the Latin Mass impacts us all, regardless of affiliation.... There are forces at work trying to stop it in the future.”
THE QUESTIONS recently raised about the liturgical use of the Vetus Ordo (or Tridentine liturgy) at the pilgrimage of Christendom are an opportunity to shed light on the history and spirit of our pilgrimage, and more broadly of our spiritual family attached to ‘previous liturgical and disciplinary norms of the Latin tradition’.[1]
From Italian website Silere non Possum - excerpts:
"Just a few days ago, a letter was sent from Piazza Pio XII to the Cistercian community of Heiligenkreuz, the historic Austrian abbey which today represents one of the few authentic examples of monastic renewal in Europe. The letter announces an Apostolic Visitation by the Dicastery — a strong and clear signal, behind which looms the shadow of Mauro Giuseppe Lepori.
[Updated: as the full implementation document at the end makes clear, the ban of ad orientem and other traditional liturgical aspects in the Novus Ordo is not a rumor anymore, but it's fully public.]
Ugliness and cruelty dressed up as goodness and obedience. Disgusting.
A few notes:
1. "Fidelity to the Holy Father's call" - He means Francis; Leo XIV has made no such call yet.
2. The "all other sites" for which permission will end (June 30, 2025) include at least 10 parishes which offer the TLM every Sunday, and often on weekdays.
3. The somewhat soft/passive-aggressive language is repulsive, because it hides the truth: this decision is devastating for the archdiocese that has likely the most TLMs in North America. It also probably indicates as true the rumor of a further document in July banning ad orientem in the Novus Ordo (used at several locations throughout the diocese) [Update: Not a rumor anymore - see end of post]. Detroit was a massive and very public sign of all the good Summorum Pontificum accomplished -- Weisenburger was sent there by Francis to put an end to that.
4. To be truly pastoral, it seems the new archbishop (installed just this past March) could have followed the example of the nearby Diocese of Saginaw and written the Holy See for an extension (allowing the TLM to continue in the meantime). He did no such thing. Because he obviously enjoys being a cruel anti-liturgical enforcer. Remember: for them, the cruelty is the method.
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Letter from Archbishop Weisenburger regarding the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass in the Archdiocese of Detroit
June 13, 2025
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
After 12 years of insults, belittling, mocking of priests by Francis -- a beautiful address by Pope Leo XIV in his meeting with the clergy of the Diocese of Rome:
I want to ask for a big round of applause for all of you who are here, and for all the priests and deacons of Rome!
Dear Priests and Deacons who provide your service in the diocese of Rome, dear seminarians, I greet you all with affection and friendship!
Saginaw Bishop allows TLM to continue in parish, overturning previous decision to end it --
"Bishop Gruss has said the Latin Mass can continue at Holy Family in Saginaw every Sunday at 3pm"
In 2015, Francis abolished the ceremony of the personal imposition of the Pallium on new archbishops by the pope's own hand in Rome.
At the time, this rupture was presented, as usual, as a positive thing:
You are already, as people, an image of the Catholic Church, since a diplomatic Corps as universal as ours does not exist in any other country in the world. However, at the same time, I believe that one may equally say that no other country in the world has a diplomatic Corps as united as you are: because your, our, communion is not merely functional, nor an idea; we are united in Christ and we are united in the Church. It is interesting to reflect on this fact: that the diplomacy of the Holy See constitutes in its very staff a model – certainly not perfect, but very meaningful – of the message it proposes: that of human fraternity and peace among all peoples.
Pope Leo has just written a message to the Catholic Church in France on the anniversary of the canonisation of Saint John Eudes, Saint John-Mary Vianney, and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. The Pope tells us: “they loved Jesus unreservedly in a simple, strong and authentic way; they experienced His goodness and tenderness in a special daily closeness, and they bore witness to Him with admirable missionary enthusiasm.” That says it all: love, closeness, and proclamation. May Jesus be the source, the centre, the raison d’être of our lives, as He was for these saints.
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The third major noticeable difference between the traditional Liturgical Year of the Latin Church and the 1969/1970 novelty -- following the abandonment of Ember Weeks and of Septuagesimatide -- is the week that started yesterday with the Pentecost Vigil and ends in one week with Pentecost Saturday.
It is Pentecost Octave, or Whitsuntide, and we are very happy to keep this Tradition going.
A very happy Whitsuntide to all of you!
2021: The Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Bp. Hendriks,
confirming 16 young faithful among them 9 converted young adults
at the FSSP Personal Parish of St. Joseph in the St. Agnes Church in Amsterdam
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“Pope Leo will restore unity to the Church." -- Cardinal Wim Eijk speaks
One month ago took place the Conclave that elected Robert Francis Prevost to the Throne of Peter: “There are many issues in the Church where there is disagreement, and internal discord is not good for us”
Rome.
Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, was at his second Conclave. Today, almost a month after the election of Leo XIV, he tells Il Foglio about his first impressions of the new pope and what the new pontiff's priorities are (or may be).
In his speeches, Prevost often speaks of unity. Unity also of and in the Church. Is that the case?
From reader N.A. in Sweden, in a letter sent to friends and acquaintances of John Bogärde, a pioneer of the revival of the Traditional Latin Mass in Sweden and a father of seven, who recently passed away at 44:
by Caminante Wanderer
Argentina, June 5, 2025
It has been an honor to occasionally write for Rorate, especially on liturgy, sacraments and sacred music. The same goes for the op-eds in newspapers I have been fortunate to have published on the Latin Mass over the last several years.
Thank you to all Catholics who reached out to request a reprieve -- and to all authorities who asked the bishop of Charlotte, Michael Martin, to be reasonable in his struggle against the Traditional Latin Mass. Did he get a phone call about his restrictions? Apparently...
Here's hoping this minor reprieve will be extended indefinitely. (Notice important point near the middle of the article: "In the interim, Bishop Martin said, should the Vatican issue any official changes to Traditionis Custodes, the diocese would abide by those instructions.")
From his diocesan newspaper:
CHARLOTTE — Changes to Traditional Latin Mass offerings in the Diocese of Charlotte will take effect Oct. 2 to align with a deadline mandated by the Vatican – not July 8 as previously planned, Bishop Michael Martin announced Tuesday.
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