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GREGORIVS MAGNVS The Voice of the Fœderatio Internationalis Una Voce “He who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps” - St. Gregory the Great Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Vitalis Saving the Souls of Purgatory By Sebastiano Ricci (1730-1734, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples INTRODUCTION TO IN THE FIRST ISSUE OF GREGORIVS MAGNUS GREGORIVS MAGNUS: To honour the 5th Anniversary of Summorum From the President’s Desk: A Reflection on Pontificum, the Fœderatio Internationalis Una Summorum Pontificum by Mr. Leo Darroch, Voce launches this twice-yearly journal in Executive President – International Federation honour of its heavenly Patron, Pope Saint Una Voce... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Page 3 Gregory the Great. FIUV Position Papers: General disclaimer The purpose of this journal will be to gather and précis of ‘The Service of Men and Boys together and to present to our Members, to the at the Altar,’ ‘Liturgical Piety and Clergy and to the whole People of God the Participation’ and ‘The Manner of written expression of the Federation’s support Receiving Communion’ ... ... ... ... ... ... Page 6 for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite Open Forum Papers: The value of Romanitas during the past nearly five decades. in the Traditional Movement and the Roman Rite by the Right Rev. Dr. José- It is offered to you in the hope that it may Apeles Santolaria de Puey y Cruells, JCD make the Extraordinary Form of the Roman (ABD), HistL, SMOM ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Page 8 Rite better known, better understood, better loved and that God may be glorified, His Open Forum Papers: The Priest’s ‘Private’ Immaculate and Ever Virgin Mother may be Prayers in the Roman Missal of 1962 by Don honoured and that our heavenly Patron, Giuseppe Vallauri, FDP ... ... ... ... ... .. Page 12 together with the Liturgy and Chant that are his patrimony to the Church, may be well served. From the FIUV Archives: Address given by Dr. Eric de Saventhem to the members of UNA VOCE in the United States, 13th June, GREGORIVS MAGNUS is published by the 1970 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..Page 14 Fœderatio Internationalis Una Voce. The FIUV is a lay movement within the Catholic An Interview with the official spokesman of Church, founded in Rome on 12th April 1966. the Cœtus Internationalis pro Summorum Pontificum regarding the forthcoming International Pilgrimage to Rome ... Page 18 Image on front cover used by kind permission of «Fototeca della Soprintendenza Speciale Ancient Irish Devotion to St. Gregory the per il PSAE e per il Polo Museale della città Great by Marcella ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Page 20 di Napoli». For further information contact Fototeca della Soprintendenza Speciale per Around the FIUV World: Profiles of FIUV il PSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Members in the Asian Region: All India Napoli (tel. 081 2294409, fax 0812294498, e- Laity Congress; Ecclesia Dei Society New mail [email protected] / sspsae- Zealand; Una Voce Japan ... ... ... ... Page 25 [email protected]). Become a Friend of the FIUV… … … Page 27 Member Associations of the FIUV … Page 27 If you wish to become a Friend of the Fœderatio Internationalis Una Voce you can obtain further details from [email protected]. Oremus pro pontifice nostro Benedicto. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus. A REFLECTION ON believe to have been abuses of their legitimate aspirations. I believe those who seek to modify SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM the directives of Summorum Pontificum to incorporate the changes post-1962 should be and the Role of the Pontifical Commission informed that they may freely avail themselves Ecclesia Dei prior to and post September 2007 of the Novus Ordo in Latin where most of the various adaptations are already available, or By: Mr. Leo Darroch, Executive President – can be adopted without any difficulty. The International Federation Una Voce. 1965 Ordo and the 1967 Missa Normativa were, by their own nature, only transitory and SINCE the promulgation of Summorum temporary stages and lost any particular Pontificum in July 2007 there has been great significance once the 1969 edition of the rejoicing from those in the Catholic Church Roman Missal was published by Pope Paul VI. who wish to retain traditions, and protect There is, consequently, no sense in Tradition. There is no doubt that the statement encouraging the adoption of elements of those from Pope Benedict that the Missal of 1962 ordos as somehow being natural and genuine had never been abrogated, and the freedom he evolutions of the 1962 Missal, which remains has granted to priests of the Roman Rite to the only legitimate expression of the celebrate this form of the Mass, has led to a Extraordinary form of Roman Rite as defined great increase in the celebrations of the ancient by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. and venerable rite. However, it is also clear that the promulgation of this Motu Proprio has Recently, there has been much publicity given led to many questions about the manner of to a letter that was issued by the PCED in 1997 celebration and the rubrics that apply to the and signed by the then President, Cardinal Missal revised by Blessed John XXIII. It seems Felici, and by Monsignor Perl, the Secretary. that there are some, including many bishops, This letter permits a number of modifications to who deliberately wish to create confusion and celebrations of the Missal of 1962 concerning dissent in an attempt to dissuade priests and the Epistle, Gospel, Gloria, Credo, Pater Noster, faithful from benefiting from the Holy Father’s and Prefaces from the appendix of the 1965 pastoral solicitude, and insist that post-1962 Missale Romanum and from that of 1970. They, developments (such as Communion in the therefore, are superseded by the provisions of hand, and female altar servers) are perfectly Summorum Pontificum. For if the Supreme valid in Masses celebrated according to the Pontiff wished prior liturgical provisions to be Missal of 1962. On the other hand, there are observed, he would have stated as much in his others who have genuine queries about what is Motu Proprio of 7th July 2007. allowed during the celebration of the Extraordinary form of the Mass. Questions are In the midst of all this confusion there is, being raised more or less on a daily basis and perhaps, a single question to be posed, the the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei answer to which may make the responses to all [PCED] is being inundated with letters the many queries irrelevant. But first it is containing requests for clarification; to such an necessary to set the scene. extent that a document has been prepared that seeks to clarify matters once and for all. We The Holy Father, in Summorum Pontificum, have been advised to wait patiently for the could not have been clearer in stating what he publication of this document. means and meaning what he stated. He constantly refers to the Missal of 1962 OR the As I made clear in my Report to the PCED on Missal of 1970. There is no ambiguity; it is a 29th April 2008, I believe that Summorum straight choice between one or the other. There Pontificum (and Quattuor Abhinc Annos is no in-between. [1984] and Ecclesia Dei Adflicta [1988] before it) should be interpreted according to the mind With the full authority of Peter, the Supreme of the Legislator in his desire to redress, among Legislator stated “We Decree”. He then states other things, what many traditional Catholics that the Missal of Blessed John XXIII: ● “must be given due honour for its venerable [Note: A Commission of nine Cardinals was and ancient usage” [Art.1]; established by Blessed Pope John Paul II in ● that the priest may use “the Roman Missal 1986 to determine whether the Missal of 1962 promulgated by Blessed John XXIII in had been legally abrogated, or whether the 1962 OR (my emphasis) the Roman Missal bishops had the power to forbid the traditional promulgated by Pope Paul VI in 1970” [Art.2]; Mass. The unanimous answer was ‘No’.] ● In parishes a pastor may “celebrate the Mass according to the rite of the Roman In his Letter to Bishops Pope Benedict states: Missal published in 1962” [Art. 5]. “As for the use of the 1962 Missal …I would The only concession granted by Pope Benedict like to draw attention to the fact that this in the Motu Proprio itself is in Article 6 when Missal was never juridically abrogated and, he states: “In Masses celebrated in the presence consequently, in principle, was always of the people in accordance with the Missal of permitted. Blessed John XXIII, the readings MAY (my emphasis) be given in the vernacular, using In Summorum Pontificum he repeats this with editions recognised by the Apostolic See.” the full force of law and states: Thus, the mind of Pope Benedict in the Motu “…It is therefore, permissible to celebrate the Proprio is clear – it is either the Missal of Sacrifice of the Mass following the typical 1970 OR the Missal of 1962. His Holiness edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by remains true to this theme in his Letter to Blessed John XXIII in 1962 and never Bishops which accompanied the Motu abrogated (my emphasis)… The conditions Proprio. He states that, “the last version of the for the use of this Missal as laid down by Missale Romanum prior to the Council…..in earlier documents ‘Quattuor abhinc annos’ 1962 and used during the Council, will now and ‘Ecclesia Dei’ are substituted as be used as a Forma extraordinaria of the follows:”[Art.1] liturgical celebration.” He also states that: “There is no contradiction between the two In the case of both these indults they were editions of the Roman Missal”, thus substituted as from midnight on 13th indicating, once again, that, while there is no September 2007 and ceased to have any force contradiction, there is a distinct difference of law.