Five Traditional Pontifical Liturgies to Be Celebrated in Rome and the US

Despite continuing suppression of the traditional liturgy — which appears to be concentrated in some dioceses of the United States — four cardinals and an archbishop are to celebrate five traditional pontifical liturgies in Rome and the U.S. over the next month.

At 3 p.m. [Rome time] this coming Saturday, Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a pontifical Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica as part of the annual “Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage” attended by traditional Catholics from around the world. The cardinal last celebrated a pontifical Mass for the same event in the basilica in 2014.

As part of the pilgrimage, on Oct. 24 Cardinal Matteo Zuppi of Bologna will celebrate pontifical vespers in the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome.

The decision to allow the Mass to go ahead appears to have come from the top. “Clearly, [it was] because the Pope said: ‘Let them do it,’” Msgr. Marco Agostini, a papal master of ceremonies and a leading advocate of the traditional Mass in Rome, told The Washington Post Oct. 19. ---More...

Five Traditional Pontifical Liturgies to Be Celebrated in Rome and the US
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