“This looks like a policy reversal by Leo and it will be much more complicated now to make the case for not celebrating the Latin mass in dioceses.” Massimo Fagioli, an opponent of the Mass, tells us why this is very good news.
The Pope has invited an opponent of his predecessor to celebrate mass in St Peter’s basilica next month as he tries to repair rifts in the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, an American, will preside over the traditional Latin mass, which Pope Francis restricted in the belief it was a magnet for traditionalist Catholics who opposed his liberal stance on gay people, divorcees and migrants.
“This is the first concrete indication of the attitude of Pope Leo XIV to the traditional mass and we are ecstatic to be welcomed into the most prestigious church in the world,” said Joseph Shaw, who heads FIUV, an association that promotes the Latin mass.
Burke, 77, has championed the mass during which the priest speaks in Latin and faces the altar. It was largely replaced in the 1960s, after the Second Vatican Council, by the vernacular mass in which the priest faces the congregation. The Latin mass has remained a favourite of traditionalists and became a rallying cry for opponents of Francis after he restricted its use in 2021 and banned it from St Peter’s. He removed Burke from two key Vatican posts and criticised his anti-vaccine views.
Leo has taken steps since his election in May to bring liberals and conservatives together, including giving Burke an audience at the Vatican last month. Massimo Faggioli, a theologian at the Loyola Institute at Trinity College, Dublin, said: “This looks like a policy reversal by Leo and it will be much more complicated now to make the case for not celebrating the Latin mass in dioceses.”
More: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-leo-latin-mass-catholic-rcwlmcxt3
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