Il Coordinamento Nazionale del Summorum
Pontificum reports
that out of 33 sites where the Franciscans of the Immaculate had offered the
Traditional Latin Mass daily or weekly before July 11, only 3 still have this
Mass.
More specifically, the Vetus Ordo had been said
daily, or at least weekly, in almost all the houses of the Franciscan Friars of
the Immaculate in Italy. In addition, it was celebrated in parishes entrusted to
the friars, namely, the parishes of All Saints' (Ognissanti) in Florence,
Santo Spirito in Ferrara, S. Maria Maggiore in Trieste and S.
Domenico in Teramo. The Vetus Ordo was also celebrated by the friars in the
Santuario della B. V. Addolorata in Campocavallo, the FI's Seminary in
Sassoferrato, and in Santa Maria Annunziata in Borgo in Rome (the
Nunziatina).
After July 11, by order of the Apostolic
Commissioner, the Seminary in Sassoferrato was closed (as Rorate earlier reported)
and another three houses suppressed (in the Diocese of Albenga-Imperia, where
the bishop had tried to support the friars in trying to retain the Traditional
Latin Mass, as reported in numerous sources). In the remaining places where the
FI had offered the Vetus Ordo before July 11, only the Ognissanti in
Florence, S. Domenico in Teramo, and the Santuario della B. V.
Addolorata in Campocavallo still have them. Requests to continue the
celebration of the Vetus Ordo in the other sites were refused by the Apostolic
Commissioner.
A brief English notice relaying the same news
can be found here;
this page also appeals to readers for information on the state of TLM sites
formerly run by the FI in countries outside of Italy.
Please, also send this information or corrections to Rorate for a fair and accurate future report on the status of FI-kept Traditional Masses in Italy and throughout the world.
Please, also send this information or corrections to Rorate for a fair and accurate future report on the status of FI-kept Traditional Masses in Italy and throughout the world.