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Timeline: The Latin Mass movement, Raymond Leo Burke

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2026

  1. Cardinal Burke closes 2026 Chartres pilgrimage of about 20,000

    Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated the closing Mass of the 44th Paris–Chartres pilgrimage; organisers had stressed unity with Leo XIV amid the SSPX crisis, and reports put attendance at a record of nearly or just over 20,000.

    SourcesChartres pilgrimage for Latin Mass devotees grows as organizers warn against… (America (OSV News))France's traditionalist Catholics rally behind Pope Leo XIV after SSPX schism (Detroit Catholic (OSV News))Twenty thousand pilgrims in Chartres: the unstoppable missionary force of the… (InfoVaticana)Young Catholics drive record crowds for Chartres Pilgrimage in France (Catholic World Report)

2025

  1. Leo XIV lets Cardinal Burke celebrate the traditional Mass in St. Peter's

    Leo XIV personally granted Cardinal Raymond Burke permission to celebrate Mass in the older form in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Altar of the Chair, for the annual Ad Petri Sedem (Summorum Pontificum) pilgrimage on 25 October 2025.

    SourcesNuncio in Britain says pope won't overturn restrictions on old Latin Mass (Catholic News Service (USCCB))Pope Leo XIV Authorizes Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Square (The Tablet (Diocese of Brooklyn))US Cardinal Burke celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change (National Catholic Reporter (AP))

  2. Leo XIV receives Cardinal Raymond Burke in private audience

    The Holy See confirmed the audience without describing its content. Christian Marquant of Paix Liturgique later said Burke used it to deliver a letter from some 70 traditionalist groups asking for a traditional Mass in St. Peter's; Leo gave permission, and Burke celebrated it there on 25 October.

    SourcesCardinal Burke received in audience by Pope Leo XIV (Catholic Herald)Cardinal Burke has a private audience with Leo XIV (The Catholic Thing)US Cardinal Burke celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change (National Catholic Reporter (AP))