The diocese of Dijon released a statement saying that the entrusting of the faithful to diocesan priests would 'strengthen their communion with the diocesan Church.'
At a time when Catholics are leaving the Church by the thousands, and young people especially are deserting the faith, traditionalist parishes are seeing explosive growth, marked in particular by an influx of young families. So why would any Catholic prelate, intent on evangelization, want to interfere with the growth of traditional Catholicism?
The unsigned article in 'Messa in Latina' (MIL or messainlatina.il) alleges that the pontiff told the Italian Bishops at the opening of their General Assembly yesterday that he had finished the third draft of a document that will restrict the use of the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, also called the Traditional Latin Mass or Tridentine Mass.
Many followers of the 'Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite' have voiced their concerns about the future of the traditional Latin Mass in France, when the hostility of so many bishops is becoming so evident.
Markus Graulich, a canon law expert and under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, invited traditional Catholics to help their bishops complete the Vatican's questionnaire.