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His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke was warmly received in a private audience by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican this morning, 22 August 2025.
The Holy See Press Office confirmed that among the dignitaries granted a private audience today was Cardinal Burke. Although no details of the conversation have been made public, the meeting is widely regarded as highly significant.
For Catholics devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Burke being welcomed into the Pope’s presence will be seen as a hopeful sign. Few figures have been so outspoken in recent decades in their defence of the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite, more commonly known as the Traditional Latin Mass.
Under Pope Benedict XVI, the Tridentine Mass was explicitly affirmed never to have been abrogated and was made widely accessible. That freedom was sharply curtailed in 2021 under Traditionis Custodes, issued by Pope Francis, which imposed sweeping restrictions.
Cardinal Burke emerged as one of the strongest critics of those measures, describing them as “severe and revolutionary” and warning that the Church risked impoverishing her liturgical life by stifling one of its most venerable expressions.
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thecatholicherald.com
The Holy See Press Office confirmed that among the dignitaries granted a private audience today was Cardinal Burke. Although no details of the conversation have been made public, the meeting is widely regarded as highly significant.
For Catholics devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass, Cardinal Burke being welcomed into the Pope’s presence will be seen as a hopeful sign. Few figures have been so outspoken in recent decades in their defence of the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite, more commonly known as the Traditional Latin Mass.
Under Pope Benedict XVI, the Tridentine Mass was explicitly affirmed never to have been abrogated and was made widely accessible. That freedom was sharply curtailed in 2021 under Traditionis Custodes, issued by Pope Francis, which imposed sweeping restrictions.
Cardinal Burke emerged as one of the strongest critics of those measures, describing them as “severe and revolutionary” and warning that the Church risked impoverishing her liturgical life by stifling one of its most venerable expressions.
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Cardinal Burke received in audience by Pope Leo XIV
thecatholicherald.com
