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Timeline: Liturgy law: from the 1984 indult to Traditionis custodes
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2021
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Francis issues Traditionis custodes, restricting the pre-1970 Mass
The motu proprio declared the reformed liturgical books "the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite", made the 1962 Missal subject to the diocesan bishop's authorisation, barred new groups, and abrogated earlier norms not in conformity. Francis's accompanying letter cited a 2020 consultation of bishops.
- Ecclesia Dei communities
- Leo XIV and the Latin Mass
- Liturgy law: from the 1984 indult to Traditionis custodes
- The Latin Mass movement
SourcesApostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" by the Supreme Pontiff Francis… (Holy See (vatican.va))Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the whole world, that accompanies… (Holy See (vatican.va))Apostolic Letter issued "Motu proprio" by the Supreme Pontiff Francis… (Holy See Press Office)
2007
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Benedict XVI issues Summorum Pontificum
Benedict XVI permitted the 1962 Missal as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, effective 14 September 2007. His accompanying letter said the older Missal had never been juridically abrogated and described the two Missals as two uses of one rite.
SourcesMotu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on the "Roman liturgy prior to the reform of… (Holy See (vatican.va))Letter to the Bishops that accompanies the Apostolic Letter "Motu Proprio… (Holy See (vatican.va))
1988
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John Paul II issues Ecclesia Dei after Lefebvre's episcopal ordinations
Two days after Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's unlawful episcopal ordinations of 30 June, John Paul II's motu proprio stated that excommunication had been incurred, created the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, and asked for a "wide and generous application" of the permissions for the 1962 Missal.