George Weigel actually providing support for the Traditionalist consensus on Pope Francis. Yet the present pontificate has diverged from the Council’s teaching in several ways. The Vatican’s current China policy contradicts the Council’s teaching that no rights or privileges are to be given governments in the appointment of bishops—a teaching now legally embodied in Canon […]

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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 […]

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The “official program” of the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage of 2022 concluded with a splendid Solemn Mass at the church of S.S. Trinita dei Pellegrini. The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, which administers this parish, also directed the ceremonies. The celebrant was Mgr. Patrick Descourtieux, of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. The church […]

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The Mass would be celebrated before Bernini’s Cathedra Petri. The celebrant was Msgr. Marco Agostini, a papal master of ceremonies. Msgr. Agostini wove a description of Bernini’s masterpiece into his sermon. The Mass was in honor of St Peter the Apostle. Vincenzo Di Betta and the ensemble “La Cantoria” also provided the music for this […]

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From Sts. Celso e Guiliano the procession of pilgrims set off for St Peter’s basilica. The flags represent the nations in which the Traditional Mass is celebrated. I have no statistics on the ethnicity of the pilgrims but I got the impression that Central Europe was well represented: Germany, Austria. Poland, etc. Despite their reputed […]

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The pilgrimage proper commenced Saturday morning with recitation of the Rosary, eucharistic adoration and benediction at the church of the Institute of Christ the King in Rome. The Institute was responsible for the ceremonies. Not many pilgrims could be accommodated in this rather small church! Continue to Part III

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My acquaintanceship with the pilgrimage Summorum Pontificum or, as it was called this year, Ad Petri Sedem (1), is not of long standing; this is only the second I have attended.  Of course, it is remarkable that, given Pope Francis’s war against traditionalism, this pilgrimage is occurring at all. Not only is it still taking place, but it is growing. Participation was […]

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The Traditional Latin Mass at Corpus Christi Church, South River, NJ, will be discontinued, effective the first Sunday of Advent. Until Advent, the Sunday, 3:00 pm Sung Mass and the Wednesday, 6:15 pm Low Mass will continue as scheduled. This Facebook page has comments on this cancellation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/JerseyShore.LatinMass

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Please note that the Requiem Mass on November 8th in Lyndhurst, NJ was cancelled.

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