Question 108 – If The Latin Mass Is Forbidden, Do We Disobey And Still Go?

Interview Organization: Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima
Interviewer Name: Christopher P. Wendt
Date: July 13, 2022
The claim that attending a traditional Mass is disobedient is false. Even if a bishop or Pope forbids it, the traditional rite, upheld for a millennium, cannot be simply abolished. Disobeying such prohibitions is not disobedience but adherence to the saints and popes who protected these rites. Seeking such Masses is acceptable.
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Transcript:

The statement "You are disobedient when you go to a traditional Mass" is not true. Even if the traditional mass is forbidden by a bishop or by the Pope, you will not be disobedient. Because a Pope cannot simply forbid a rite that the church kept almost unchanged for a millennium. It is a very, very long time – so long that the Pope cannot simply forbid it. This would be a simple act of violence and an abuse of his power.

In the same way, when a bishop does this, we cannot obey such prohibitions. And then we will be obedient to all the saints and popes who protected these venerable rights. So you can, of course, seek a way that a priest can celebrate his Mass or travel to places where such a Holy Mass is offered.