United States Cardinal Raymond Burke has asked Pope Leo XIV to remove measures restricting the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in dioceses. Source: CNA.
Cardinal Burke spoke at a London conference organised by The Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, telling attendees that he hopes the new pontiff will “put an end to the persecution” of Catholic faithful who want to celebrate Mass using the “more ancient usage” of the Roman liturgy.
The prefect emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura and former patron of the Order of Malta was one of seven guest panellists invited to speak at the faith and culture conference on Saturday.
Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, who has written extensively on the Eucharist and Church tradition, also spoke at the weekend conference held to mark the 60th anniversary of the UK-based society.
“I certainly have already had occasion to express that to the Holy Father,” Cardinal Burke said via video link. “It is my hope that he will, as soon as is reasonably possible, take up the study of this question.”
After the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI promulgated the Novus Ordo Missae in 1969. This liturgy, celebrated in the vernacular, largely replaced the TLM in dioceses worldwide.
During the conference, Cardinal Burke expressed his desire for Pope Leo to overturn Pope Francis’s 2021 Traditionis Custodes moto proprio and restore Pope Benedict’s 2007 Summorum Pontificum, the Catholic Herald reported.
“It is my hope,” Cardinal Burke said, “[Leo will] even continue to develop what Pope Benedict XVI had so wisely and lovingly legislated for the Church.”
Besides criticisms levelled against Traditionis Custodes, the cardinal has been publicly critical of other initiatives led by Pope Francis, including interpretations of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia and the 2019 Synod on the Pan-Amazon Region.
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Cardinal Burke appeals for restoration of Traditional Latin Mass (By Kristina Millare, CNA)
