Humanly speaking, Bishop Schneider doesn't see Leo XIV reversing Francis' course.
The celebration of the Pontifical Mass at the end of October in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore - instead of St. Peter’s Basilica - can be described as a “consolation prize,” Bishop Athanasius Schneider told Gloria.tv (video below).
It is “sad,” he said, that these Catholics are not allowed to celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s.
At the same time, Santa Maria Maggiore is the most important Marian church in Christendom. Both Pius V - who codified the traditional Mass for all time - and Francis - who restricted it - are buried there.
Bishop Schneider intends to pray with the faithful for liturgical peace and for the traditional Mass to be celebrated again without restrictions.
Asked whether Leo XIV might reverse Francis’ course, Schneider replied: “Humanly speaking, I don’t think so. But there is still God.”
The pilgrimage will pray for Leo XIV, asking God to grant him many graces.
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