Letter to Cardinals Offers Solution for TLM Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s First Consistory
Letter to Cardinals Offers Solution for TLM Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s First Consistory
In view of the liturgy being on the agenda at the extraordinary consistory of cardinals convened by Pope Leo XIV this week, one of France’s most senior traditionalist clergy has sent members of the Sacred College a letter proposing a new path for the ancient Roman Rite in the Catholic Church.
Published here exclusively in French and English translation, the letter aims to open a constructive dialogue and provide a stable pastoral framework for communities and faithful devoted to the traditional Roman liturgy.
Written by Father Louis-Marie de Blignières, founder of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer, and dated Dec. 24, the letter was sent in hard copy to fifteen cardinals known for their concern for the traditional liturgy, and to an additional hundred cardinals by email. At its core is a proposal to establish an ecclesiastical jurisdiction—modeled in principle on Military Ordinariates—dedicated to the vetus ordo, offering a canonical structure that respects both tradition and …