Daily Rome Shot 422, etc., and an homage to a great priest

I learned that my friend, the amazing Luigi Card. De Magistris died recently, days short of his 96th birthday.  He was a legend. My office window in the Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio was open to the interior courtyard of the building.  … Read More →

Pope exempts Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter from Latin Mass restrictions

ROME – Despite his efforts last year to crack down on use of the Traditional Latin Mass, Pope Francis this month issued a decree exempting members of a priestly society with a special attachment to the traditional liturgy from adhering to the restrictions. Headquartered in Switzerland, the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter is a Society […]

Spain’s Catholic bishops ask law firm to open independent audit on clerical sex abuse

null / Zwiebackesser via Shutterstock. Rome Newsroom, Feb 21, 2022 / 09:03 am (CNA). Spain’s Catholic bishops have commissioned a law firm to conduct an independent investigation of sex abuse committed by Church members. The independent audit will be administered by the Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo law firm and is intended to create a “comprehensive report” […]

What is the FSSP?

The prostration of the ordinands at the Fraternity of St. Peter’s Roman Parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, June 27, 2013 / Alan Holdren/CNA Denver Newsroom, Feb 21, 2022 / 10:02 am (CNA). The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, a society of apostolic life which celebrates the Roman rite according to the liturgical books in force […]

FSSP says Pope Francis has issued decree confirming its use of 1962 liturgical books

Pope Francis has issued a decree confirming that the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) can continue to use the liturgical books in force in 1962, according to the traditionalist group. In a communique published Feb. 21, the FSSP said that Pope Francis met with two members of the priestly fraternity for nearly an hour, a week […]

Chinese bishop, arrested in May, remains in custody (AsiaNews)

Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang, China, who was taken into custody by police last May, has now been detained for nine months. Under Chinese law, an individual cannot be kept in custody for more than three months without formal charges. But authorities have not announced any charges against the bishop, nor have they disclosed […]

Pope assures traditionalist group: Latin Mass to continue (FSSP)

Pope Francis has assured a traditionalist group that its members will be allowed to continue celebrating the Latin Mass. Leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) met with the Pontiff on February 4. The FFSP reports that a week later the Pope sent them a decree “confirming for the members of the Fraternity […]