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Iota Unum Talk No. 8 - ‘After Traditionis Custodes‘ by Joseph Shaw

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Show Notes

On the issue of the Motu Proprio 'Traditionis Custodes', Chairman of the LMS Joseph Shaw launches our second series of the popular podcast series with an in depth analysis of the recent apostolic letter on the restrictions of the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass. Documents quoted and referred to in the Podcast: Pope Francis, Apostolic Letter Traditionis Custodes (2021): https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/20210716-motu-proprio-traditionis-custodes.html

Pope Francis, Letter to Bishops (2021): https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/en/2021/7/16/lettera-vescovi-liturgia.html

1971 Petition of cultural figures in support of the Traditional Mass: https://lms.org.uk/1971-english-indult-recollection

Survey of Mass-goers showing that the those attending the Traditional Mass are more orthodox than others: https://liturgyguy.com/2019/02/24/national-survey-results-what-we-learned-about-latin-mass-attendees

Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Sacrificium Laudis (1966) https://lms.org.uk/sacrificium_laudis

Pope Paul VI, General Audience Address 26th November 1969 (value of the Traditional Mass): https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/changes-in-mass-for-greater-apostolate-8969

Pope John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Dominicae Cenae (1980): https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1980/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19800224_dominicae-cenae.html

Pope John Paul II, Address to the Congregation for Divine Worship (2002): https://adoremus.org/2001/12/pope-john-paul-ii-addresses-liturgical-assembly/

Pope Benedict XVI, Letter to Bishops (2007): https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/letters/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20070707_lettera-vescovi.html

Pope Francis, Press Conference on return from Chile (2013): https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2013/july/documents/papa-francesco_20130728_gmg-conferenza-stampa.html

Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Ecclesia Dei Adflicta (1988): https://lms.org.uk/ecclesia-dei-adflicta

Pope John Paul II, Audience with Monks of Le Barroux (1990) (in French): https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/fr/speeches/1990/september/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19900928_s-madeleine.html

Letter from Cardinal Angelo Felici to Fr Josef Bisig, 1999, quoted from Leo Darroch Una Voce: the History of the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce 1964-2003 (2018) p348 Cardinal Raymond Burke on the merger of Missals: reported in the National Catholic Reporter, 2011: https://www.ncregister.com/news/cardinal-burke-talks-about-rome-the-mass-canon-law-and-u-s-culture

Cardinal Robert Sarah on the same subject: reported in the National Catholic Reporter 2017: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/could-cardinal-sarah-bring-an-end-to-the-liturgy-wars

Sacred Congregation for Rites, Instruction Inter Oecumenici (1964): https://www.divinumofficium.com/www/horas/Help/Rubrics/Interoecumenici.html

FIUV Position Paper on Liturgical Pluralism: http://www.unavoce.ru/pdf/FIUV_PP/FIUV_PP6_PluralismFinal.pdf

David Mills in the Catholic Herald, Free the Latin Mass, for the good of the Church and the people who need it, 6thJuly 2021. https://catholicherald.co.uk/free-the-latin-mass-the-church-will-benefit-in-ways-she-wont-otherwise/

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 1988 Address to the Bishops of Chile: https://www.ccwatershed.org/2019/11/07/13-july-1988-josef-cardinal-ratzinger

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Salt of the Earth (1996): A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest possession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent.

Rita Ferrone, A Living Catholic Tradition: Pope Francis unifies the Roman Rite in Commonweal 23rd July 2021: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/living-catholic-tradition

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