At the time of his election in May and in the months immediately following, this correspondent expressed a cautious optimism that Pope Leo XIV would reunite the Catholic Church after the catastrophic papacy (in the late Cardinal Pell’s words) of Francis. Papa Prevost was owed at least that much, since it is generally unwise to rush to a priori judgements; the man had to be given a chance to get his feet under the desk. Having had that chance, what has emerged from the Vatican gives cause for concern that Leo will indeed be Francis 2.0.
During this Jubilee Year, among the millions of pilgrims from all over the world who have made their way to St Peter’s Basilica in order to renew their baptismal vows, repent for their sins, and commit to reform their lives, in early October an ‘LGBT pilgrimage’ made its way into St Peter’s, an event denounced by many prelates in the Church, but not the Vatican itself.
Only a month beforehand, Pope Leo met with LGBT activist Fr James Martin, who boasted afterward that Pope Leo will show the same ‘openness’ as Pope Francis to ‘LGBTQ Catholics’. In his words, ‘I was honoured and grateful. The pope was serene, joyful, and encouraging. He gave me the same message as Pope Francis: “Todos, todos, todos” – openness and welcome.’
All the while there is no such ‘openness and welcome’ for Traditional Catholics, as crackdowns on the Latin Mass continue with alacrity.
In October, the Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, announced the suppression of all Traditional Latin Masses there by the end of the year. This follows similar decrees in Detroit, Chattanooga and Charlotte, to name a few. As for Pope Leo’s view on the Latin Mass, he gave some telling insights in an interview given to Crux magazine in September. First, he mused, ‘The question about, people always say “the Latin Mass”. Well, you can say Mass in Latin right now. If it’s the Vatican II rite there’s no problem’.
Yes, the Mass can be said in Latin now in the rite promulgated by Pope Paul VI (the Novus Ordo), but it is not about the language, it is about the rite, its theology, its prayers, its gestures, its orientation, its very soul. Ask any one of the multitude of Gen Z Catholics who attend the Traditional Mass and they will tell you these things are precisely the reason they are prepared to travel long distances to a chapel converted out of a barn to attend a Traditional Mass rather than one in the New Rite.
More: https://www.spectator.com.au/2025/12/meet-the-new-pope-same-as-the-old-pope/
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