The Catholic News Agency portal reports on alleged leaked instructions from the Vatican’s diplomatic representative in Great Britain, suggesting bishops may obtain renewable two-year exemptions to permit celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass. Joseph Shaw of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales claims this indicates a “universal policy change” relaxing restrictions imposed by antipope Bergoglio’s 2021 decree Traditionis Custodes. The report chronicles the liturgical turmoil since the introduction of the Novus Ordo Missae in 1970, mentioning indults granted by Paul VI, John Paul II’s 1984 extension, and Benedict XVI’s 2007 Summorum Pontificum, framing these as progressive “concessions” rather than recognition of inherent liturgical rights. This narrative exemplifies the conciliar sect’s perpetual manipulation of sacred worship as bureaucratic commodity.
Naturalization of the Divine Liturgy
The article’s reduction of the lex orandi to a negotiable permission slip constitutes sacrilege against the immutable nature of Catholic worship. Pius XII’s Mediator Dei (1947) explicitly taught that “the sacred liturgy is…the public worship which our Redeemer as Head of the Church renders to the Father…which the society of believers renders to its Founder” (¶20). By framing the Mass of Ages as subject to temporary “exemptions” renewable at bureaucratic whim, the conciliar apparatus confirms its rejection of the Council of Trent’s dogmatic definition: “If anyone says that the received and approved rites of the Catholic Church…may be contemned or omitted by the ministers without sin…let him be anathema” (Session XXII, Canon 13).
Joseph Shaw said a leaked report stating that the apostolic nuncio to Great Britain had told English and Welsh bishops that they can apply for two-year exemptions to license the celebration of the old Mass in their dioceses was a “universal” change in policy.
This transactional language exposes the conciliar sect’s functional atheism. The Tridentine Mass requires no “license” from modernist bureaucrats, being the normative expression of the lex credendi as codified by St. Pius V’s Quo Primum (1570), which declared: “We grant and concede in perpetuity that for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whatsoever…this Missal is hereafter to be followed absolutely, without any scruple of conscience or fear of incurring any penalty, judgment, or censure.” The very notion of time-limited exemptions constitutes a blasphemous assault on perpetuity – a divine attribute reflected in the Church’s unchanging worship.
Continuity of Modernist Subversion
The report’s historical timeline inadvertently traces six decades of systematic liturgical destruction:
- Paul VI’s 1970 Novus Ordo imposition: An act of unprecedented violence against the Apostolic Tradition, creating what Cardinal Ottaviani’s 1969 Critical Study called “a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as formulated in Session XXII of Trent”.
- 1984 “Indult”: John Paul II’s Quattuor Abhinc Annos reduced the Mass to a grudging concession, requiring bishops to become liturgical gatekeepers – a role foreign to their office as defined by Vatican I’s Pastor Aeternus.
- 2007 Summorum Pontificum: Benedict XVI’s purported “liberalization” actually institutionalized the false dichotomy between “ordinary” and “extraordinary” forms, implying the ancient rite exists by modern concession rather than divine right.
- 2021 Traditionis Custodes: Bergoglio’s open warfare against tradition, falsely claiming the ancient Mass threatens “ecclesial communion” while promoting pagan rituals in the Amazon Synod.
This progression manifests the Modernist program condemned in St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “They affirm that the doctrines of the living magisterium are, like the forms of external worship, subject to continuous changes“ (¶26). The conciliar sect’s alternating restriction and relaxation of traditional worship follows the Hegelian dialectic – creating perpetual crisis to dismantle Catholic identity.
Theological Vacuum and Pastoral Fraud
Nowhere does the article address the theological substance of the liturgical crisis. The 1962 Missal preserves:
- The Offertory’s clear sacrificial language (Suscipe, Sancte Pater) versus the Novus Ordo’s “Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation” – a Jewish berakah prayer.
- Rubrics guarding against communion in the hand and lay distributors, preserving Trent’s teaching that “Christians should receive Communion kneeling and on the tongue” (Council of Trent, Session XIII, Chapter 8).
- Orientation (ad orientem) worship, reflecting Malachi 1:11’s prophecy of pure sacrifice offered to God’s name “from the rising of the sun to its setting.”
Instead, the report focuses on bureaucratic processes and “pastoral sensitivity” – codewords for the heresy condemned in Pius XI’s Quas Primas: “When once men recognize…that Christ has been cast out of public life, authority despised… then they will understand that nations cannot deny the Kingship of Christ without disaster” (¶18). The conciliar sect’s “pastoral” justification for liturgical changes constitutes the very “cult of man” denounced by Cardinal Siri as post-conciliar apostasy.
Structural Apostasy Revealed
The article’s most telling omission is its silence regarding the ontological impossibility of valid sacraments under the conciliar regime. The 1968 New Ordinal introduced by Paul VI created doubt over holy orders through:
- Elimination of the porrectio instrumentorum (handing of sacred vessels)
- Ambiguous form (“Accipe Spiritum Sanctum” vs Trent’s “Accipe potestatem…”)
- Intent to create a new presbyterate focused on “community leadership” rather than sacrificial priesthood
As the Holy Office decreed in 1896: “If the form is changed in such a way that the words used no longer signify what the Church intends, the sacrament is invalid” (Response on Anglican Orders). When bishops lack valid orders, their “licenses” for traditional Masses become grotesque theater – like Sanhedrin members permitting Temple worship after destroying the altar.
The faithful must recognize that no bureaucratic concession from the conciliar sect can restore authentic Catholic life. As St. Vincent of Lérins warned: “What then will a Catholic Christian do if some portion of the Church detaches itself from communion of the universal faith? What choice can he make but to prefer the soundness of the whole body to a pestilent and corrupt member?” (Commonitorium, 3:8). Only by complete separation from the modernist counterfeit church can Catholics preserve the Mass and sacraments inviolate.
Source:
Did leak in England suggest broader shift in Vatican policy on the Latin Mass? (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 04.12.2025