Traditional Latin Mass

In 2021 Pope Francis announced several restrictions on the use of the older Liturgy in his apostolic letter Traditiones Custodes (TC). This document permitted local bishops to designate one or more locations for the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, with the exception that those venues could not be “parochial churches.” Following TC, many bishops used the power they have in canon law to dispense even from universal laws (canon 87) and continued to allow parochial churches to be used for the old Mass. In February this year the Holy Father issued a rescript clarifying that local bishops were not to invoke canon 87 on this matter, and that any dispensation to use parochial churches for the old Mass is now reserved exclusively to the Holy See. In light of this, and following discussions with the Archbishop, we now have to make arrangements to move our Latin Masses out of Mary Immaculate church. The

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