Archbishop Gianpiero Palmieri, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, has allowed the continuation of the monthly Mass in San Cristoforo, in the centre of Ascoli, for the "Coetus Fidelium Beato Marco da Montegallo".
This Mass has been held in Ascoli since 2019. At first it was celebrated by a local priest. When he resigned, no other local priest could be found, so Father Giorgio Lenzi travels from Rome (575 km) for the celebration.
Monsignor Palmieri told CronachePicene.it (20 February) that he shares the reasons of his priests who refuse to celebrate the Mass, because he believes that the [failed] Novus Ordo "has made the rite very rich in prayers and sacred texts".
According to him, the Church's reticence about the Holy Mass is linked to the risk that the Second Vatican Council "will not be recognised".
Palmieri invokes a "dangerous split" promoted by Bishop (sic) Marcel François (sic) Lefebvre, as if Pius X were to blame for the enormous problems of the Church.
He claims that Paul VI did a …More