According to several credible sources, the Vatican is preparing a document aimed at prohibiting the celebration of the Tridentine Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass.
This radical measure could come into effect as early as July 16th, the anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis's 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, which already restricted the use of the old Roman Missal. The information comes notably from the website Rorate Caeli, a leading voice in traditionalist circles, which claims to have received these details from sources close to Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship. These same sources are said to have accurately predicted the publication of Traditionis Custodes and the Vatican's investigation into the implementation of the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, which, in contrast, had relaxed the rules for celebrating the Tridentine Mass.
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According to Rorate Caeli, the instigators of this new offensive against the traditional liturgy are frustrated by the resistance encountered, particularly in the United States and France, following the restrictions imposed by Traditionis Custodes. Their objective would therefore be to go further by promulgating a total, definitive, and irrevocable ban on the Tridentine Mass.
The traditionalist website calls on all the faithful, regardless of their state in life or their attachment to the traditional liturgy, to mobilize to prevent this project from being realized. For his part, liturgist Peter Kwasniewski has exhorted priests to resist any attempt to ban the Tridentine Mass, which he deems illegal and unjust.