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Ad orientem

After ‘Traditionis,’ is reforming the reform still ok?

How impact of 'Traditionis custodes' surpasses the Traditional Latin Mass

JD Flynn
Jan 13, 2025
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When Pope Francis promulgated Traditionis custodes in 2021, the impact on Catholics who worship in the Extraordinary Form of the Mass was immediate and apparent: Masses offered according to older liturgical rubrics were strictly curtailed around the world, and only a relatively limited number of priests were allowed to celebrate them.

Bishop Wall says Mass ad orientem at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Gallup Credit Peter Zelasko courtesy diocese
Bishop James Wall c…

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