July 25, 2026

Five years on, Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes is still setting off shockwaves across the Church, as the battle over the preconciliar Latin Mass refuses to die. The 2021 decree cracked down on the old rite in the name of unity, warning it had become tied to rejection of Vatican II — but critics say it has only deepened the divide, and now the Holy See’s excommunication of the Society of St. Pius X has thrown fresh fuel on an already explosive fight.

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