Something quietly remarkable has happened in Rome, though you would not guess it from the way some commentators are trying to present it. Pope Leo XIV has reportedly reversed the direction of travel set under Pope Francis on the Traditional Latin Mass—without rewriting a single line of Church law.
The Bishops of England and Wales have apparently been told, via the pope’s own representative in Britain, that their requests for permission to celebrate the Old Rite in parish churches will be granted, and renewed, as a matter of course. In other words: the strict regime of Traditionis custodes remains on paper, but its most restrictive provisions are being suspended in practice.
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