Debate over traditional Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis
July 03, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Diane Montagna, an American journalist accredited to the Holy See Press Office, reported that she has obtained the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s overall assessment (PDF) of its 2020 questionnaire to bishops on the traditional Latin Mass, as well as the congregation’s collection of quotations drawn from the responses received from the dioceses (PDF).
“The documents suggest that the majority of Catholic bishops who responded to a 2020 Vatican survey about the Latin Mass had expressed general satisfaction with it, and warned that restricting it would ‘do more harm than good,’” the Associated Press noted.
In a July 2021 letter to the world’s bishops, Pope Francis linked his decision to impose drastic limits on the traditional Latin Mass to the bishops’ responses to the questionnaire. The documents published by Montagna, if genuine, call into question the veracity of Pope Francis’s claim.
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Posted by: jalsardl5053 -
Jul. 09, 2025 2:39 PM ET USA
Just more proof of the modus operandi of the late Pope: I welcome...never mind, I decide. Prayers to Pope Leo for getting going and addressing the matter of the TLM. Hint: review Pope Benedict's rational approach.
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Posted by: grateful1 -
Jul. 08, 2025 6:44 PM ET USA
"The documents published by Montagna, if genuine, call into question the veracity of Pope Francis’s claim." What an understatement.
