Thread by @dianemontagna

JUST IN: The ‘International Una Voce Federation’ has taken out an advert in the July 4 Sunday edition of the Italian daily La Repubblica, to issue a declaration about potential restrictions of the Traditional Latin Mass.

Italian below. English text here: fiuv.org/2021/07/fiuv-s…

A 2020 worldwide FIUV survey (with results from 364 dioceses in 52 countries) found that the TLM was “deeply appreciated by groups of faithful of all ages, especially families with children” & in “all social & cultural environments” on all continents, with growing communities.

“Nevertheless, we have noticed that, contrary to the previous policy of the Holy See, there are still people within the Church, including some bishops, who would like to see the Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite explicitly suppressed, or subject to further restrictions.”

“The growth of interest in the traditional liturgy is not due to nostalgia for a time we do not remember, or a desire for rigidity: it is rather a matter of opening ourselves to the value of something that for most of us is new, and inspires hope,” the declaration continues.

“Pope Francis has characterised the ancient liturgy in terms of a "sense of adoration" (Press conference of 28 July 2013), we can also apply his words to it: a "living history that welcomes us and pushes us forward" (Evangelii Gaudium 13).”

It concludes: “Today we only wish to be part of that ‘great orchestra’ of ‘unity in variety’ which as Pope Francis said reflects the true catholicity of the Church...Summorum Pontificum continues to transform the conflicts of the past into harmony: long may it continue to do so.”