Vatican Spokesman: ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Leak ‘Very Partial’

Vatican downplays leaked documents on Latin Mass

A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass.

Vatican says documents on Latin Mass assessment ‘incomplete’

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a series of documents purporting to reveal bishops’ input into Pope Francis’ decision to restrict celebrations of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass are “incomplete.” The documents, published July 1 on the Substack page of Diane Montagna, a journalist accredited to the Vatican, claim to present the results of a worldwide consultation of bish…

Detroit Catholics pray for end to Latin Mass crackdown

The prayerful Saturday protest follows a decision by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ban the Latin Mass at all but four churches in the archdiocese.

Vatican spokesman: ‘Traditionis custodes’ leak ‘very partial’

A Vatican spokesman argued Thursday that leaked documents suggesting the world’s bishops did not favor a clampdown on the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite when they were surveyed in 2020 were “very partial and incomplete.”Holy See press office director Matteo Bruni at a July 3, 2025, Vatican press conference. Credit: Edgar Beltrán/Pillar Media.At a July 3 Vatican press conference, Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, the secretary of the Dic…

Vatican correspondent reports ‘major cracks’ in basis of Traditionis Custodes

Senior American journalist and Vatican correspondent Diane Montagna reported July 1 that she has obtained the Vatican's overall assessment of bishops’ responses to a 2020 questionnaire, the results of which were cited as the basis for Pope Francis’ 2021 apostolic letter, Traditionis Custodes, significantly restricting the Traditional Latin Mass.