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Pope Receives Abbot of La Trappe -- Will the Venerable Abbey Close Down?


Days ago, the news came out of another resounding post-Vatican II success: the venerable Abbey of La Trappe (OCSO - Trappists), house of origin of the order to which it gave its name, is to close (probably) in 2028, due to lack of vocations.


 

Having died and resurrected in the past, after Revolution and Expulsion, the community couldn't survive the Council: abbey abandoned all liturgical traditions following the implementation of the new mass in 1969.


Today, days after the news came out, the Pope unexpectedly met their abbot, Dom Thomas Georgeon, in audience today in Rome. Will Rome act to prevent this embarrassing closure?...