Report: Pope Leo has given Cardinal Burke permission to celebrate traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV has given permission for U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke to celebrate the traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica during a pilgrimage in October. Cardinal Burke did not respond to a request for comment. During the group’s pilgrimages in 2023 and 2024, the Vatican did not allow the celebration of the old Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In the statement, Joseph Shaw, president of the federation, said, “We are grateful to Pope Leo for his pastoral response to the request for a Traditional Mass in St. Peter’s. Permission for Cardinal Burke to preside over the liturgy “is the first concrete indication of the attitude of Pope Leo XIV to the Traditional Mass,” the federation said.