A Bishop Attends Overcrowded Latin Mass
Monsignor Michael Burbidge, 66, the Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, preached at the Latin Mass on 10 March at St Rita's in Alexandria, Virginia.
The Mass was absolutely packed, not just with older people as in the Novus Ordo. The Arlington Latin Mass Society met the Bishop afterwards for a "nice" chat and presented him with a bottle of wine.
In the two neighbouring dioceses of Washington DC and Arlington, thirty sites for the Roman Mass have been reduced to 11 following Francis' rigid Traditionis Custodes (2021).
In Arlington alone, Burbidge has eliminated 13 Mass sites.
The phenomenon of overcrowded Masses was also known in the Soviet Union, where the communist regime allowed the celebration of Holy Mass only in a few churches.
Picture: Noah Peters, facebook, #newsAzzwfnzsib
The Mass was absolutely packed, not just with older people as in the Novus Ordo. The Arlington Latin Mass Society met the Bishop afterwards for a "nice" chat and presented him with a bottle of wine.
In the two neighbouring dioceses of Washington DC and Arlington, thirty sites for the Roman Mass have been reduced to 11 following Francis' rigid Traditionis Custodes (2021).
In Arlington alone, Burbidge has eliminated 13 Mass sites.
The phenomenon of overcrowded Masses was also known in the Soviet Union, where the communist regime allowed the celebration of Holy Mass only in a few churches.
Picture: Noah Peters, facebook, #newsAzzwfnzsib