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Timeline: The 2020 bishops' survey and Traditionis custodes (2025 reporting)

Key moments in the traditionalist Catholic world — councils and documents, communities and their founders, media launches and controversies — each with its sources.
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2025

  1. Google's Blogger removes Italian Latin Mass blog Messa in Latino; restored on 23 July

    Blogger took Messa in Latino offline citing an unspecified violation of its hate-speech policy, a day after the blog published an interview with Fr. Nicola Bux on the 2020 Vatican survey of bishops that preceded Traditionis custodes. The blog was restored on 23 July 2025; Google gave no explanation for either step.

    SourcesGoogle shuts down Italian Catholic blog (Catholic World News (CatholicCulture.org))Prominent Catholic Blog Shut Down by Google: What’s Wrong with Big Tech’s… (The European Conservative)Leading Catholic site restored after Google suddenly removed it (LifeSiteNews)

  2. Vatican spokesman calls leaked survey material 'very partial and incomplete'

    Holy See Press Office director Matteo Bruni said the published texts gave "a very partial and incomplete reconstruction of the decision-making process" behind Traditionis custodes, cited other reports and consultations, and did not confirm the documents' authenticity.

    SourcesVatican says documents on Latin Mass assessment 'incomplete' (Catholic News Service (via Northwest Catholic))Vatican Downplays Leaked Documents on Latin Mass (National Catholic Register (CNA))Vatican downplays role of leaked documents on Pope Francis' decision to… (National Catholic Reporter)

  3. Diane Montagna publishes excerpts of CDF report on 2020 bishops' survey

    Journalist Diane Montagna published what she described as sections of the CDF's final report on its 2020 consultation of bishops about Summorum Pontificum, arguing that most respondents opposed changing the law and that this undercut Francis's rationale for Traditionis custodes.

    SourcesEXCLUSIVE: Official Vatican Report Exposes Major Cracks in Foundation of… (Diane Montagna (Substack))Latin Mass debate grows after apparent leak of Vatican liturgy report (America)