A significant early challenge for Pope Leo XIV will be how he chooses to handle the restrictions that Pope Francis placed on the traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Since Pope Francis
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A significant early challenge for Pope Leo XIV will be how he chooses to handle the restrictions that Pope Francis placed on the traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Since Pope Francis issued his apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes (‘Guardians of Tradition’) in July 2021, the freedom to celebrate the pre-1970 Mass has been curtailed – severely in some cases – with the long-term aim of allowing only the new Mass. Cardinals, bishops, priests, and many of the laity, including some who do not attend the TLM, have strenuously opposed the restrictions, seeing the clampdown as callous, unjust, and needlessly divisive rather than unifying.
