Ahead of Consistory, Priest Urges New Canonical Structure to Resolve Latin Mass Standoff

January 7, 2026 World News

Andrea Zuffellato
The concluding high Mass for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage, an annual three-day pilgrimage for devotees of the Traditional Latin Mass, on Oct. 29, 2023, celebrated by Bishop Guido Pozzo at the Church of the Most Holy Trinity of the Pilgrims in Rome.

In practical terms, Father de Blignières proposes the creation of a new Church structure — such as a personal apostolic administration or an ordinariate — similar to a diocese but not tied to a specific territory.

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