“The Latin Mass is a ascent to Calvary where the Lord Jesus Christ reliving essentially the passion in every Latin Mass,” said Father Freddy Perez, Parochial Administrator, St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in San Angelo.

In 2021, the Vatican issued a decree, Traditionis Custodes, which severely restricted the use of the Latin Mass worldwide.

However, on February 6, 2025, Bishop Michael Sis of the San Angelo Diocese submitted a petition to the Vatican, seeking an exemption for St. Margaret’s Parish. That petition was granted on May 28, 2025, with Pope Leo XIV approving the request, making St. Margaret’s one of the few parishes in the world to be allowed to continue offering the Traditional Latin Mass.\

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