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CV NEWS FEED // The Vatican has published records for the first time of its authorizations for the Traditional Latin Mass around the world for the first time since Pope Francis issued the motu proprio “Traditionis custodes” in 2021.
In an announcement posted to its official Gazette, “Notitiae,” on July 26, the Vatican Dicastery for Divine Worship revealed the number of parishes in the US and worldwide that were given specific permission to celebrate TLM in 2022.
“Traditionis custodes” mandates that bishops no longer have the authority to decide whether a parish may celebrate TLM on their own initiative. Rather, the motus proprio states that the Vatican must authorize a given parish seeking to celebrate the traditional liturgy.
According to the Dicastery, 34 parishes across 20 US dioceses were authorized to celebrate the pre-conciliar liturgy in 2022. The record for 2022 shows that the US has the most parishes with authorization from the Vatican. The Dicastery granted permission to a total of 56 parishes globally.
The announcement specifically notes that in Germany, five parishes were granted permission to celebrate TLM. However, all of them are located within the Diocese of Regensburg.
Numbers for 2023 were not made available in the Dicastery’s announcement.
The information released by the Dicastery comes in the wake of a recent controversy this summer in which a Vatican correspondent alleged that there is a Vatican document that would fully ban TLM.
