Vatican Declares War on Traditional Catholics (Summorum Pontificum RIP)

The Vatican barred the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage from entering St. Peter’s Basilica during the weekend of Christ the King. Michael J. Matt reported from Rome that the pilgrimage, held to honor the pastoral work of the late Pope Benedict XVI, faced these restrictions alongside a similar traditional Catholic pilgrimage to Lourdes in France.

Matt noted that one bishop described the restrictions as pastoral cruelty. The report also mentioned that Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich presented the Nostra Aetate Award to a pro-abortion activist in the United States. Matt interviewed Bishop Athanasius Schneider and Bishop Robert Mutsaerts regarding the restrictions on the pilgrimages.