Francis Pontifical Priority: Stop Traditional Latin Mass
Arthur Cardinal Roche, the failed former bishop of Leeds who was booted upstairs to Rome to get him out of the way (look how well that strategy has worked!), has made it absolutely clear what the priorities of this papacy are. Hammering tradition. Roche has published a rescript which reserves permission for the use of a parish church for celebrations of the 1962 Missal to the Dicastery he heads. The Rescript makes reference to Canon 87.1 which states that bishops may lift the obligations of universal law for the good of souls in their diocese: this no longer applies, as the matter is ‘reserved to the Holy See’. This does seem to somewhat contradict Traditiones custodes art #2 which states: "It belongs to the diocesan bishop, as moderator, promoter, and guardian of the whole liturgical life of the particular Church entrusted to him, to regulate the liturgical celebrations of his diocese." Vatican watchers knew this was coming, because we had seen the r...