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The 14th Pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum concluded with several Masses on Sunday. Besed on our experiences last year (even though we had seats!), we didn’t dare attend the Mass formally concluding the pilgrimage at Santissima Trinita. Fortunately, there was an earlier Mass celebrated by priests of the institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest, at the […]

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What did these three days in Rome have to say to us? The organizers rightly spoke of a “miracle.”  For the participation in the pilgrimage exceeded all expectations. Indeed, especially for the laity, that has been a sustained trend for the last five years. If we turn back to 2021,  for example, we see a substantial but […]

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(Above) LIke the rest of the Pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum, the conference was well atttended. The conference took place on Friday, October 24th. What follows is a selection of the presentations. (Above) Cardinal Sarah (here in conversation with Prof. John Rao) attended the morning session. (Photo courstesy of John Rao)  Rubén Peretó Rivas, Director of the […]

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All Saints Day is celebrated on Saturday, November 1. All Souls Day, in the Traditional calendar, has been transferred to Monday November 3. The following churches in the area will offer Traditional Masses. All Saints Day, Saturday November 1 Connecticut St. Mary Church, Norwalk, 9 am St. Mary Church, Greenwich, 8 am Missa Cantata followed […]

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Continued from Part 1 So the Traditional Mass was celebrated once more in St. Peter’s Basilica.1) Saturday’s Mass resonated throughout the secular media. Even representatives of the establishment European Catholic media were mildly positive (except for a theologian in Germany, enraged by the “premodern” symbolism he saw). it was a great accomplishment, indeed – not […]

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The culmination of the pilgrimage was the celebration of a Solemn Pontifical Mass before the throne of St. Peter. The Mass was a votive mass of the Virgin Mary. The celebrant was Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke. Between 3,000 and 5,000 pilgrims – according to various estimates I have heard – assembled before the altar. Many […]

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(Above). Saturday Morning. Assembly of the pilgrims and recitation of the Rosary in the street before the church of Santi Celso e Giuliano. Now closed for restoration, it is under the administration of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest. But this modestly dimensioned church would in any case have been totally inadequate for […]

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The 2025 Pilgrimage Ad Petri Sedem formally began with Solemn Vespers in the Basilica of S. Lorenzo in Lucina. Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna, presided at the vespers and also preached. The ceremony was conducted by the Institute of the Good Shepherd. (Above and below) The vast crowd of pilgrims exceeded all expectations […]

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