On September 4, Gloria.tv published a German video interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider (below). Main points - shortened and slightly summarised. - The freedom of the classical Roman Rite is a matter of justice. The Church cannot commit such a major fracture by prohibiting a form of Mass that it itself valued and recommended for over a thousand years. "I would like to talk to Leo XIV about the classical Mass" - The Roman Rite is not the 'Tridentine Mass'. The missals before and after the Council of Trent (1545–1562) are the same. Minor changes were to saints' feasts or readings. - For example, Pope Innocent III (1161–1216) wrote a famous commentary on the order of Mass, in which he discusses exactly the same Mass. - If the liturgy is restricted to the extent ordered by Pope Francis, it inevitably appears suspect, as though there were something intrinsically wrong with it. It is therefore important that cardinals and bishops are able to communicate this concern to Pope Leo XIV. I …More