Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage VI: A Conference and a Closing Remark

Our series on the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage in Rome, 2022, starts here.

On Friday, October 28 Pax Liturgica (Paix Liturgique) sponsored a short conference in connection with the pilgrimage. Famous paladins of Catholic Tradition spoke – as well as one or two faces new to me. I’d single out Aldo Maria Valli. who testified movingly on his late discovery of the Traditional liturgy and the transforming effect it had on his life. Peter Kwasniewski was his usual eloquent self, setting out the limits of papal authority. Finally, Christian Marquant, the founder of Paix Liturgique, concluded the conference with a colorful, impassioned apologia for Traditionalism.

In conclusion:

Pligrimages such as this are always a bit overwhelming. It takes some days of reflection to gain perspective. Clergy and laity from all over the world had assembled to give witness to their devotion to the Traditional liturgy. Despite the calumnies relentlessly hurled against them by the leadership of their own Church, they gathered in the center of the Catholic world in prayer and devotion, without controversy or rancor. Passersby now and then would join in the prayers. Of course all this will have no effect on the powers that be in the Vatican. But for the pilgrims themselves and for many others who viewed the events of these days, the story will be different.