Philippine Catholic bishops attend the World Apostolic Conference on Mercy in country in 2017. (File photo by Mark Saludes)
Jul 23 2021
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has issued on July 22 a statement supporting Pope Francis’ motu proprio “Traditionis custodes (Guardians of the tradition)” that restricts the celebration of Traditional Latin Masses.
In Catholic canon law, motu proprio, literally “on his own impulse,” refers to a document issued by the pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him.
On July 16, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio that orders changes to Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter “Summorum Pontificum,” which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962, which is in Latin.
Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal is also referred to as the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Tridentine Mass, and the Traditional Latin Mass.
“The apostolic letter is a fruit of the consultation with the Conferences of Bishops in 2020 and the recommendations made accordingly by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,” said the Philippine bishops.
“We express our obedience to and communion with the Supreme Pontiff as he leads us in the realization of the unity of the Church by means of the proclamation of the Gospel and in a particular manner in the celebration of the Eucharist,” said the bishops.
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