Posts Tagged ‘Tridentine Rite’

Ex-Lefebvrists get exemption from Old Mass restrictions

Thursday, February 24th, 2022

Pope Francis has decreed that the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), a group of traditionalist catholic clergy originally part of the schismatic Lefevbrist movement, can continue to celebrate Mass and other sacraments according to the Tridentine Rite. The decree, which was signed by Francis on February 11 and appeared on the FSSP website this Read more

Tensions rise in France over Tridentine Rite

Thursday, July 1st, 2021
Tridentine Rite tensions

The Archbishop of Dijon has expelled a clerical religious congregation that celebrates exclusively in the pre-Vatican II or Tridentine Rite, causing tensions to rise in the community. Archbishop Roland Minnerath announced in May that he would no longer allow two Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) priests to continue to reside and offer Mass in Read more