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'Traditionis custodes' - 1 year on

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Luke Coppen
Jul 15, 2022
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A priest celebrates the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. Credit: Andrewgardner1 via Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0).

Saturday marks a year since Pope Francis published one of the most controversial documents of his pontificate: the apostolic letter Traditionis custodes.

The pope had just returned to the Vatican after 11 days in hospital after colon surgery. He had s…

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