Leo poised to grant ‘generous’ exemptions to Traditionis custodes, UK bishops told

“Leo will ask Cardinal Arthur [Roche, prefect of the dicastery] to be generous.”

Sources close to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales told The Pillar that Pope Leo appears poised to grant widespread exemptions to Traditionis custodes, without revoking the motu proprio itself.

Pope Leo XIV, pictured on Sept. 7, 2025. Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, gave…