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Bishop Schneider asks Pope Leo XIV for authoritative document to protect Latin Mass

Bishop Athanasius Schneider suggested Pope Leo pen an apostolic constitution to ensure long-term legal stability for the Traditional Latin Mass and establish liturgical peace.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jan 15, 2026

Archbishop Gänswein urges Pope Leo to end Latin Mass restrictions, restore Summorum Pontificum

The former personal secretary for Pope Benedict XVI said the Traditional Latin Mass can't be 'valid and valuable yesterday and then no longer valid tomorrow.'

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Antonino Cambria

• Dec 12, 2025Dec 15, 2025

Cardinal Müller criticizes bishops banning Latin Mass, says they should focus on ‘salvation of souls’

Cardinal Müller said it is ‘very problematic’ for bishops to crack down on the traditional Mass and that they are ‘not interested first in the salvation of the people.’

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Antonino Cambria

• Nov 19, 2025Nov 20, 2025

These young, traditional pilgrims are full of hope about the future of the Church

LifeSiteNews interviewed a number of young pilgrims at the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage in October.

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Thomas Colsy

• Nov 8, 2025Nov 8, 2025

Cardinal Burke will celebrate Latin Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica for traditional pilgrimage

The Mass in October will be the first inside St. Peter’s for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage in three years, after Pope Francis’ Vatican banned Masses for the event in 2023 and 2024.

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Antonino Cambria

• Sep 9, 2025Sep 10, 2025

Cardinal Koch: It is ‘desirable’ for Pope Leo to lift restrictions on Latin Mass

Cardinal Kurt Koch suggested Pope Benedict XVI was right to preserve the Latin Mass, calling for a more liberal approach to the traditional liturgy under Pope Leo.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Aug 6, 2025Aug 6, 2025

Bishop Schneider calls on Pope Leo to ‘free the Latin Mass’

Bishop Schneider urged Pope Leo XIV to ‘protect’ the lay faithful who are being ‘persecuted’ by the suppression of the Traditional Latin Mass.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Jul 15, 2025

PHOTOS: Detroit Catholics pray for end to Latin Mass crackdown

The prayerful Saturday protest follows a decision by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ban the Latin Mass at all but four churches in the archdiocese.

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Matt Lamb

• Jul 3, 2025Jul 7, 2025

Vatican report reveals most bishops did not want Pope Francis’ Latin Mass crackdown

Most bishops who responded to a Vatican questionnaire about restricting the Latin Mass said reversing Pope Benedict XVI’s liberation of the traditional rite ‘would cause more harm than good.’

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Antonino Cambria

• Jul 1, 2025Jul 2, 2025

Vatican under Pope Leo XIV grants Latin Mass in Texas a two-year extension

The Vatican has granted St. Margaret’s parish in San Angelo a two-year permission to continue offering the Latin Mass despite Pope Francis’ restrictions.

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Emily Mangiaracina

• Jun 30, 2025Jul 1, 2025

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Bishop Schneider asks Pope Leo XIV for authoritative document to protect Latin Mass

Archbishop Gänswein urges Pope Leo to end Latin Mass restrictions, restore Summorum Pontificum

Cardinal Müller criticizes bishops banning Latin Mass, says they should focus on ‘salvation of souls’

These young, traditional pilgrims are full of hope about the future of the Church

Cardinal Burke will celebrate Latin Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica for traditional pilgrimage

Cardinal Koch: It is ‘desirable’ for Pope Leo to lift restrictions on Latin Mass

Bishop Schneider calls on Pope Leo to ‘free the Latin Mass’

PHOTOS: Detroit Catholics pray for end to Latin Mass crackdown

Vatican report reveals most bishops did not want Pope Francis’ Latin Mass crackdown

Vatican under Pope Leo XIV grants Latin Mass in Texas a two-year extension