Cardinal Zuppi, Abp. of Bologna, President of the Italian Episcopal Conference, led Traditional Vespers at the oldest standing religious building in Rome, the Pantheon (Sancta Maria ad Martyres), on this first day of the 2022 Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage to Rome:
The Church, which, as a main publicly owned tourist website, remains open for visitation during ceremonies had its seats filled with lay faithful, mostly young, and young priests. Fr. Claude Barthe, chaplain of the pilgrimage, made a brief pronouncement, and so did Cardinal Zuppi, joyfully welcoming the traditional pilgrims to the Eternal City.
Rorate offers its readers a translation of the latest newsletter from Paix Liturgique.
Could Traditional Ordinations Be Banned?
Since the publication of the motu proprio Traditionis custodes on July 16, we know that, after a first assault on the liturgy as a whole, the Ecclesia Dei communities are to be targeted, and especially their seminaries.
In our Letter 816, dated August 20, 2021, we said, in effect, that, since Rome’s avowed intention is to stop the development of the traditional Mass and ultimately to suffocate its existence, the bringing to heel of the houses of formation of future priests should be a primary objective for the destroyers of liturgical peace.
The Cardinal Vicar of the diocese of Rome has just released his norms for the implementation of Traditionis Custodes within the diocese. First the English translation; the original document is below.
VICARIATO DI ROMA
Rome, October 7, 2021 [released to the public November 9, 2021]
- To all the priests involved in the pastoral care of the Diocese of Rome
The Roman Spirit is something that one breaths in only in Rome. The “sacred city” par excellence, the center of Christianity, the eternal fatherland of every Catholic, who is able to repeat with Cicero, “civis romanus sum”, claiming a spiritual citizenship that has as its geographical boundaries not that of a city but that of an Empire: not the Empire of the Caesars, but that of the Church, Catholic, apostolic, and Roman.
The divine plan for the world’s salvation included the existence of a Mother of God: and as heresy sought to deny the mystery of the Incarnation, it equally sought to deny the glorious prerogative of Mary. Nestorius asserted that Jesus was only man; Mary consequently was not Mother of God, but merely Mother of a Man called Jesus. This impious doctrine roused the indignation of the Catholic world. The East and West united in proclaiming that Jesus was God and Man, in unity of Person; and that Mary, being his Mother, was, in strict truth, Mother of God.’
We were proud last year to help promote this fine event. Please consider and make your plans now:
We are honored to invite you to an unique event that StartupWithMax.com initiative is organizing together with the Business Association, a Polish-based Catholic business venture. Entrepreneurs from all over the world will meet in Rome in November to learn from Maximilian Maria Kolbe who, in our opinion, was a great example of a successful entrepreneur and manager. The International Max Retreat will take place for the second time, and this year's keynote speaker will be His Eminence Gerhard Cardinal Müller.
"Startup Na Maxa/Start Up With Max" is an initiative aimed at making St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe the patron saint of start-ups and entrepreneurs. Fr. Kolbe was a man whose resourcefulness and perseverance should be a model for all contemporary business people. Even in most difficult circumstances, he showed how important determination, pro-activity, enthusiasm and vision of future handlings are. Therefore it is our desire that entrepreneurs turn to St. Maximilian to invoke his intercession.
We associate St. Maximilian Kolbe mainly with his stripped garment and his death as a martyr. But he was also an outstanding businessman who created from scratch some buoyant institutions. We can truly try to imitate him -- he was a man who in his life took all opportunities that were available to him.
The initiative "Start Up With Max", together with the Conservative Business Network, is organizing November 12-16 in Rome a retreat for entrepreneurs, startuppers and managers.
It was not a coincidence that we chose Rome as a venue for this retreat. Rome was where St. Maximilian studied and it is was where he was also ordained a priest. Moreover, it was where the idea of Miles Immaculatae started -- a magazine that has been published until this day.
In the framework of the retreat, we will be visiting the most important places related to the youth of St. Maximilian. We will be reflecting upon his teaching during the Holy Mass, the Way of the Cross and the Holy Rosary. We invite you to deepen your faith by means of participation in our event.
A part of the retreat will be delivered by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke.
For more information and for application please click here.
On April 22, 2017 at the Hotel Columbus in Rome, a block from Saint Peter’s Square, six internationally renowned lay scholars spoke at a landmark conference: "Seeking Clarity: One year after Amoris Laetitia," calling on Pope Francis to answer the dubia of the four cardinals over the passages in Amoris Laetitia that purport to justify acts of adultery, against the Sixth Commandment of the Decalogue, and to allow the reception of Holy Communion by those living in permanent and public adultery more uxorio.
On Christmas Eve, 24 december 2015, His Eminence the Most Reverend Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, will attend matins and celebrate Pontifical Midnight Mass at the Parish of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) in Rome, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini.
Matins will start at 10pm, with Mass to follow at Midnight.
The first Islamic decapitation on western European soil since the times of the Battle of Vienna (1683) took place on June 26,2015, while the “champion” of the West, Barack Obama, was triumphantly celebrating the legalization of homosexual “marriages” imposed on all the States of the Union by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Exactly twenty years before, on June 21, 1995, the Islamic Mosque in Rome was officially inaugurated – the biggest in Europe, presented as a centre for ecumenical dialogue and religious peace. The only voice of protest heard in Italy at that time was the one of the Lepanto Cultural Centre, which promoted a Rosary of reparation in the church of St. Luigi Gonzaga, right next to the mosque, defining the construction of the Islamic centre in the heart of Rome as “a symbolic act of unspeakable gravity. Rome is the centre of the Catholic Faith: Islam at its very roots, denies the fundamental truths of our faith and intends to implant its dominion on the ruins that was once western Christian Civilization.”
On Trinity Sunday, 31 May 2015 at 11 am, His Excellency the Most Reverend François Bacqué, Titular Archbishop of Gradisca and Apostolic Nuncio, will celebrate Confirmations followed by Pontifical Mass at the Parish of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) in Rome, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, on the occasion of the Patronal Feast of the Parish.
All is set to go: a great response from adherents and good media coverage
Everything is set to go. In a few hours time the Fifth National March for
Life will begin. Also this year the organizers were able to arrange everything
necessary in terms of logistics and services for the tens of thousands
expected to arrive in Rome from all over
Italy and the world.
For the record of current events, below is the full text of the Homily written by Cardinal Pell for the Mass for Juventutem (part of the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage), on October 24, 2014. As the Cardinal was prevented to attend due to mild bronchitis, the Mass was celebrated by his secretary, Fr. Withoos, who delivered the Cardinal's written words.
It has been published elsewhere, but due to the great relevance of the words contained therein, we post it here, with thanks to those who sent it to us.
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Homily for the Mass of the 10th anniversary of Juventutem
during the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage
Church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini
Rome, October 24, 2014
George Cardinal Pell
Cardinal Prefect
Secretariat for the Economy
We Catholics have strange beliefs; our planet earth is like a grain of sand in an unbelievably vast universe and we believe God’s Son came to live on this tiny speck to teach us and redeem us.
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You can also use their hashtag to find pilgrims posting images and news on Twitter.
Other news and images are being posted at their homepage(alsohere)
In just a few hours, remember, a Pontifical High Mass with Cardinal Pell at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini. (UPDATE: According to Messa in Latino, Cardinal Pell was unable to celebrate the Pontifical Mass due to sudden illness; a Solemn Mass was instead celebrated by his personal secretary. A homily written by Cardinal Pell and a message from Benedict XVI, who told the pilgrims that "I am with you in spirit", were read out at the Mass.)
