Leo XIV Unlikely to Overturn 'Traditionis Custodes' – U.S. Bishop
Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, has defended his decisions to restrict the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass to only one location and to prohibit the use any tools for kneeling at Communion.
In an interview with AmericaMagazine.org on 26 March, he began with a thinly veiled dismissal of Catholics attached to the Roman rite: "I don't want to say that they're some sort of lunatic fringe. They're not. These are people who feel strongly about the liturgy, and there's goodness and holiness in that."
Leo XIV Would Not Change what Francis Has Done
Monsignor Martin referred to his responsibility as a bishop to maintain fidelity to the Church’s "norms". He framed his cruel decisions, especially those relating to the Traditional Latin Mass, as an act of obedience: "All I did was implement Traditionis Custodes in the Diocese of Charlotte."
The bishop rejected the idea of extending the existing Masses indefinitely without a clear pastoral plan to end them: "If we need …More
His generation thought clericalism was rampant in pre Vatican II .To bring down our lord to a level of a jolly good fallow instead a Lion of tribe of Juda is messing with fire.
Bishop Michael Martin says he didn’t expect Leo to defend the Traditional Latin Mass and is moving to eliminate its influence, including removing altar rails and limiting the old Mass in Charlotte.
He should do Charlotte a big favor, after 'removing altar rails' etc., he should ..remove himself! Maybe go to the "end of the earth" (where his hero Bergoglio came from) and form a band of novus "pachapapas"..
Suppress the expression of faith. Hey bishop, are you also planning to shut down public masses again like during 2020?