‘Traditionis Custodes’: Practical Implications

National Catholic Register, 05 August 2021

We have the Holy Father’s direction. What might happen now in practice?

There was an enormous amount of commentary in the fortnight following the publication of Traditionis Custodes (TC), the motu proprio restricting the use of the “extraordinary form” (EF) of the Roman Rite, often called the traditional Latin Mass. The consensus has been that the measures Pope Francis adopted were severe and in response to a problem that may vary in its prevalence from place to place. 

Many practical implications have yet to be sorted through, and some elements seem to depend on further guidance from the Vatican. What, then, is it?

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