Vetus Ordo

In Brief

The Vetus Ordo is the Roman Rite as the Missal of 1962 has it. The Sacred Congregation of Rites declared that edition typical on 23 June 1962.¹ That Missal is the one Pius V promulgated in 1570, corrected and re-edited by his successors; the rite's longer history is on the Roman Rite page.² Its Mass is in Latin, with a single eucharistic prayer, the Roman Canon, said silently. Its calendar is John XXIII's Code of Rubrics.³ Since 2021 it has been celebrated by the diocesan bishop's authorization or by a grant of the Holy See, and in a parish church only by the Holy See's leave.^4,5,6

Where to Experience It

Where the diocesan bishop authorizes it, the Missal of 1962 is celebrated in the churches he designates. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter celebrates it in its own churches.^4,5 Our Mass Finder lists where it is offered in the United States, and the Interactive Missal carries the Missal of 1962, with today's propers and its calendar.

Your First Visit

The Mass is in Latin. The readings are proclaimed in the vernacular, from a Bible version approved by the bishops' conference, at the passages the Missal gives.^4,14 Much is said quietly. The priest says the Canon so that he hears himself and those around him do not.³ At a Low Mass the people may answer the priest, and may say the whole Pater noster with him, in Latin; they are not to say the Canon aloud with him. Silence is commended from the Consecration to the Pater noster.¹²

The books assume Communion on the tongue, with a paten held under each communicant's chin.^3,10 Kneeling at a rail is the practice the classic ceremonial describes.¹⁵ The rubrics name few postures for the people, among them that all kneel at Flectamus genua, and customs differ: follow those around you.³ A Catholic not barred by law may receive after fasting for at least an hour from food and drink, water and medicine excepted, and a Mass "celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite" fulfils the Sunday obligation.¹¹ Current law does not require a head covering. The Code of 1917 required it of women.^11,16

The Shape of the Liturgy

The order below is the Missal of 1962's own; the Roman Rite page sets it beside the Missal of Paul VI.¹⁰ The rubrics know two kinds of Mass, lecta and in cantu. A sung Mass with deacon and subdeacon is solemnis, without them cantata, and a bishop's solemn Mass is pontificalis.³ They set aside the name "private Mass", the Code giving as its reason that every Mass is an act of public worship ("actus cultus publici"; our translation).³ Since 1960 the Confiteor before the people's Communion is left out.³ The prayers after Low Mass that Leo XIII ordered in 1884 are not printed in the Missal. A separate decree imposed them. The Instruction of 1964 suppressed them from March 1965.^17,18

The order of Mass in the Missal of 1962

1. Sign of the cross
   In nómine Patris
   The priest, at the foot of the altar, signs himself aloud.¹⁰
2. Psalm 42
   Introíbo ad altáre Dei · Iúdica me, Deus
   Said alternately with the server; left out in Masses for the dead and in Masses of the season from Passion Sunday to Maundy Thursday.¹⁰
3. Confession
   Confíteor
   The priest confesses, then the server; each prays for the other, and the priest asks pardon for all.¹⁰
4. Going up to the altar
   Aufer a nobis · Orámus te, Dómine
   Said silently as he goes up; he kisses the altar where the relics are.¹⁰
5. Introit
   Introitus
   The entrance antiphon of the day, from the Proper.¹⁰
6. Kyrie
   Kýrie, eléison
   Nine invocations, alternately with the server.¹⁰
7. Gloria
   Glória in excélsis Deo
   On the days that call for it.¹⁰
8. Collect
   Oratio
   One prayer or more, as the day's Office requires; the calendar's commemorations are added here.^3,10
9. Epistle and chants
   Epistola · Graduale · Tractus · Allelúia · Sequentia
   The Epistle, then the Gradual with the Alleluia or, in penitential time, the Tract, and on a few days a Sequence.¹⁰
10. Prayer before the Gospel
    Munda cor meum
    The priest, or at a Solemn Mass the deacon, asks to be made worthy to proclaim the Gospel.¹⁰
11. Gospel
    Sequéntia sancti Evangélii
    Read at the Gospel side of the altar; the priest kisses the book, saying Per evangélica dicta. A sermon may follow.¹⁰
12. Creed
    Credo in unum Deum
    On the days that call for it; the priest genuflects at Et incarnátus est.¹⁰
13. Offering of the host
    Súscipe, sancte Pater
    After the Offertory antiphon, the priest offers the host on the paten.¹⁰
14. Offering of the chalice
    Deus, qui humánae substántiae · Offérimus tibi
    He blesses the water mixed with the wine and offers the chalice.¹⁰
15. Prayers of offering
    In spíritu humilitátis · Veni, sanctificátor
    Bowed, then blessing the gifts; at a Solemn Mass they and the altar are incensed.¹⁰
16. Washing of hands
    Lavábo
    Psalm 25, said as he washes his fingers.¹⁰
17. Offering to the Trinity
    Súscipe, sancta Trínitas
    Bowed at the middle, in memory of the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension.¹⁰
18. Pray, brethren
    Oráte, fratres · Suscípiat
    He turns and asks for prayers; the server or those present answer.¹⁰
19. Secret
    Secreta
    The prayer over the gifts, said silently; only its ending is aloud.¹⁰
20. Preface and Sanctus
    Sursum corda · Sanctus
    The dialogue, the preface of the day or season, and the Sanctus.¹⁰
21. The Canon
    Te ígitur … Per ipsum
    The Roman Canon, said silently; the priest raises the host and then the chalice after each consecration, and says aloud only Nobis quoque peccatóribus and, at the end, Per ómnia saecula saeculórum.^3,10
22. Lord's Prayer
    Pater noster · Líbera nos
    Said or sung by the priest, the people answering Sed líbera nos a malo; then the embolism, silently.¹⁰
23. Fraction and peace
    Pax Dómini · Haec commíxtio
    He breaks the host, greets the people with the peace, and drops a particle into the chalice.¹⁰
24. Agnus Dei
    Agnus Dei
    Said aloud, striking the breast.¹⁰
25. Prayers before Communion
    Dómine Iesu Christe · Percéptio · Dómine, non sum dignus
    Three silent prayers, then Domine, non sum dignus three times, and the priest's Communion.¹⁰
26. Communion of the faithful
    Ecce Agnus Dei · Corpus Dómini nostri
    Since 1960 without a Confiteor: the priest shows the host, says Ecce Agnus Dei and three times Domine, non sum dignus, and gives Communion to each.^3,10
27. Ablutions, Communion and Postcommunion
    Quod ore súmpsimus · Corpus tuum
    The vessels are purified; then the Communion antiphon and the prayer after Communion.^3,10
28. Dismissal, blessing and Last Gospel
    Ite, missa est · Benedícat vos · Inítium sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem
    The dismissal, the Placeat, one blessing, and the opening of St John read at the Gospel side; the priest genuflects at Et Verbum caro factum est.^3,10

What makes it distinctive

• The Roman Canon alone, said silently, as the only eucharistic prayer.^3,10
• The prayers at the foot of the altar, Psalm 42 and a double Confiteor, before the priest goes up to the altar.¹⁰
• Latin, with the priest's parts said aloud or silently as the rubrics direct; since 2021 the readings are proclaimed in the vernacular.^3,4
• Low, Sung and Solemn Mass. The same rite at three degrees of ceremony, from a Mass read by a priest and server to a sung Mass with deacon and subdeacon.³
• The Last Gospel, the opening of St John, at the end of Mass.¹⁰
• The calendar of 1960, with four classes of day, three octaves and seven vigils.³

History

The rubrics of 1955 and 1960

What the Missal's last years changed in the book itself was chiefly its rubrics. In March 1955 the Congregation of Rites simplified them. It kept only the octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, reduced the vigils to seven and abolished the semidouble rite.¹⁹ That November it issued a new order of Holy Week, which it presented as restoring the rites to their proper hours. The Mass of Maundy Thursday moved to the evening, and the Easter Vigil was set at an hour that lets its Mass begin about midnight, though the local Ordinary could bring it forward, never before nightfall; the new order bound from Palm Sunday 1956.²⁰

John XXIII's Code of Rubrics of 1960 recast the whole system, which had grown, he wrote, to the harm of its first clarity and simplicity ("non sine primitivae perspicuitatis ac simplicitatis detrimento"; our translation).²¹ It ranks every day in one of four classes. A single table fixes precedence, and it limits the commemorations a Mass may carry.³

The people's part, 1958

In 1958 the Congregation's instruction on sacred music and the liturgy set out how the people take part. At a Sung Mass it named three degrees, from singing the responses to singing the Proper. At a Low Mass it commended the "dialogue", in four degrees, the fullest reserved to trained groups.¹² It wanted the faithful present not as strangers or silent spectators ("non tamquam extranei vel muti spectatores"), in words it took from Pius XI.¹² The Code of 1960 refers to it.³

The typical edition of 1962

On 23 June 1962 the Congregation of Rites declared the Vatican edition of the Missal "typica". The book had been brought into line with the new Code.¹ On 13 November John XXIII had St Joseph named in the Canon, from 8 December, as a memorial and fruit of the Council ("mnemosynon et fructus"; our translation).²² The Holy See later described the rite of these books as the Roman Rite ordered by Pius V's prescriptions, with the accommodations his successors introduced up to John XXIII.²³

From the indult to Traditionis custodes

After the Missal of Paul VI came into force, the first universal indult came in 1984. It let the diocesan bishop grant the older Missal under conditions, among them that it be celebrated in Latin and that the texts of the two Missals not be mixed.²⁴ In 1988 John Paul II asked for "a wide and generous application" of that indult.²⁵ Summorum Pontificum (2007) declared the Missal never abrogated and let it be celebrated as the extraordinary form ("uti formam extraordinariam").²⁶

Traditionis custodes (2021) made its authorization the diocesan bishop's "exclusive competence", "according to the guidelines of the Apostolic See", and abrogated prior norms that did not conform to it.⁴ The Responsa of December 2021 and the rescript of February 2023 govern its application.^6,14

Milestones

1. 1570Pius V promulgates the Missal by the bull Quo primum (14 July)²
2. 1604Clement VIII's revised edition, corrected against the old books²⁷
3. 1634Urban VIII's revision of the rubrics²⁸
4. 1884Leo XIII orders prayers said kneeling after every Mass without chant¹⁷
5. 1920Benedict XV's typical edition²⁹
6. 1955The rubrics simplified (in force 1956), and Holy Week restored, obligatory from Palm Sunday 1956^19,20
7. 1960John XXIII's Code of Rubrics, in force from 1 January 1961²¹
8. 1962The typical edition (23 June); St Joseph named in the Canon (from 8 December)^1,22
9. 1984The first universal indult for the Missal of 1962²⁴
10. 2007Summorum Pontificum frees its use as the "extraordinary form"²⁶
11. 2021Traditionis custodes places it under the diocesan bishop's authorization; the Responsa follow in December^4,14
12. 2023Two dispensations reserved to the Holy See: the use of a parish church or the erection of a personal parish, and priests ordained after the publication of Traditionis custodes⁶

Texts & Books

The Missal of 1962 has one eucharistic prayer, the Roman Canon.¹⁰ Its readings follow a single yearly cycle, the same for each Mass every year. No vernacular lectionary reproducing that cycle may be published.^10,14,30

Theology & Spirit

The rite speaks of offering before the Canon as well as within it, in the prayers of the Offertory. At the Suscipe, sancte Pater the priest offers "hanc immaculatam hostiam" (this spotless host) for his own countless sins, for all present, and for all the faithful, living and dead. At the Offerimus he offers the chalice "pro nostra et totius mundi salute" (for our salvation and that of the whole world).¹⁰ Then, bowing, he prays that the sacrifice be made "in conspectu tuo hodie" (in your sight today) and please God.¹⁰

The Church teaches that in the Mass the same Christ who offered himself on the Cross "is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner".⁷ The Canon that carries that offering is said silently. Dom Guéranger, explaining the Mass to the faithful, wrote of the moment: "The voice of the Priest is no longer heard; yea, even at the altar, all is silence."³³

The Mass ends with the opening of St John's Gospel. Fortescue noted that Pius V's Missal of 1570 was the first to admit it "as part of the Mass".³⁴ He judged that the medieval additions that ring the Roman core, the Gloria and Creed, the Offertory prayers and the Last Gospel among them, "take nothing from its dignity and yet give it enough variety and reticent emotion to make it most beautiful".³⁴ The Council later asked that, in revising the Order of Mass, elements "duplicated, or … added with but little advantage" be discarded; what that meant in 1969 is on the Roman Rite page.³⁵

Sacred Arts

Chant

The chants of the Missal are sung from the Vatican editions, which the 1958 instruction names as the typical books of the Roman Church's chant, though it also admits chant the Congregation of Rites has approved for a particular church or religious family. Pius X had called Gregorian chant "il canto proprio della Chiesa Romana" (the proper chant of the Roman Church).^12,13 At a Sung Mass all singing stops at the Consecration, and after it silence is commended until the Pater noster, unless the Benedictus is still to be sung.¹²

The altar

The priest begins at the foot of the altar steps and says most of the Mass facing the altar, turning to greet the people. The Missal also provides, as it had since 1570, for an altar "ad orientem, versus populum", turned to the east and so facing the people.^10,36

Family & Relations

A note on the name

In this Index's terms the Vetus Ordo is one of the Roman Rite's own Missals, not a use of it. A use, in the older sense, is a local or religious-order variant, and the older uses of Braga, Lyon and the religious orders, which the Roman Rite page lists, are variants of this rite. It is known popularly as the Traditional Latin Mass, and as the Tridentine Mass, after the Council of Trent; the Holy See's indult of 1984 spoke of the rite "called Tridentine" ("ritui «Tridentino» nuncupato").²⁴ From 2007 the law called it the extraordinary form ("forma extraordinaria"), and the instruction of 2011 the "usus antiquior".^26,39

"Vetus Ordo", the name this Index uses, is one the Holy See itself has used. In March 2026 the Secretary of State, writing for Leo XIV, spoke of "la croissance des communautés liées au Vetus Ordo" (the growth of communities attached to the Vetus Ordo; our translation).⁴⁰ Its sibling is the Missal of Paul VI, which has its own page in this Index.

Compare with

• Novus Ordo: the Roman Rite in the Missal of Paul VI; the Roman Rite page sets the two side by side in "What changed in 1969"³⁷
• Divine Worship: the Ordinariates' Missal keeps the Roman Canon as its normative Eucharistic Prayer and the Last Gospel as an option³⁸

The Rite Today

As the law stands, the books promulgated by Paul VI and John Paul II are "the unique expression of the lex orandi of the Roman Rite". The Missal of 1962 needs the diocesan bishop's authorization, or a grant of the Holy See.^4,5 The use of a parish church or the erection of a personal parish for celebration with the 1962 Missal, and permission for priests ordained after the publication of Traditionis custodes (16 July 2021), are the two dispensations reserved to the Holy See. In 2025 the Dicastery for Divine Worship granted 34 licences for parish churches, most of them renewals.^6,9 Leo XIV has issued no act that changes this law. A letter of 18 March 2026, written on his behalf by the Secretary of State, asked the bishops of France for solutions "permettant d'inclure généreusement les personnes sincèrement attachées au Vetus Ordo" (allowing those sincerely attached to the Vetus Ordo to be generously included; our translation). His letter of 29 June 2026 to Cardinal Roche asked for "fidelity to the approved texts and instructions", and does not mention the Missal of 1962.^40,41

Priests authorized by their own diocesan bishop celebrate it in the churches he designates. Several Catholic institutes celebrate in these books by an act of the Holy See. The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter was erected in 1988 as "a clerical society of Apostolic Life with Pontifical Right". In 2022 Francis granted it the use of the typical editions of the Missal, Ritual, Pontifical and Breviary in force in 1962, in its own churches. It counted 387 priests on 1 November 2025.^5,42,43 The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest says it was erected a society of apostolic life of pontifical right, in canonial form, by the decree Saeculorum Rex of 7 October 2008. It says its liturgical books conform to "la forme extraordinaire du Rite Romain" under Summorum Pontificum. It gives 147 canons.⁴⁴ The Institute of the Good Shepherd, erected on 8 September 2006, quotes its decree giving it the 1962 books "ut eorum ritum proprium" (as their proper rite); its priests numbered 66 in 2026.^45,46 The Apostolic Administration of St John Mary Vianney, in Campos, Brazil, keeps by the Holy See's decree of 2002 the Roman Rite as Pius V ordered it, with the accommodations of his successors up to John XXIII.²³ Other institutes and societies erected by the former Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei are not listed here. Traditionis custodes puts them under the Congregation (now Dicastery) for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, but their own acts were not seen for this page.⁴

The Society of St Pius X says its priests "use the liturgical books of the 1962 Missale Romanum", and gives 733 priests in 77 countries as of 1 November 2025.^8,47 After bishops were consecrated without a papal mandate on 1 July 2026, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that the consecrator, the four he consecrated and the co-consecrating bishop had incurred excommunication. In an explanatory Note of the next day it held that the Society's sacred ministers "sono nello scisma" (are in schism; our translation). The same Note warned that they administer the sacraments illicitly, and that the penance they administer and the marriages they witness are invalid ("il sacramento della penitenza da loro amministrato e il matrimonio da loro assistito sono invalidi"; our translation).^48,49,50 The Note adds that the Church will welcome all who wish to return to full communion, and closes by urging the faithful to remain in communion with the Roman Pontiff and to refrain from taking part in the Society's celebrations and activities.⁵⁰ Neither text mentions the Missal of 1962 or any liturgical book. Attending a Society Mass does not by itself excommunicate a lay Catholic. The Note holds excommunicated those who formally adhere, on the conditions the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts set in 1996. Under those conditions, occasional participation in the Society's liturgies or activities, by someone who does not make its doctrinal and disciplinary dissent his own, is not formal adherence.^50,51 The Note says nothing of the Sunday obligation.⁵⁰ The Society replies that it "remains fully a work of the Church", that its clergy and faithful are "entirely Catholic and in no way excommunicated", and that its priests "administer the sacraments validly and licitly", invoking a state of necessity.⁴⁹ It adds that it lodged a preliminary recourse against the decree on 11 July 2026, and holds that this suspends the decree's execution.⁵²

As of 15 September 2026.

Disputed Questions

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On Domus Dei

• The Roman RiteThe rite from the fourth century, the lineage of its Missals, what changed in 1969, and our view
• The Easter Vigil of 1951
• The Restored Order of Holy Week (1955)
• Quattuor abhinc annos (1984)
• Summorum Pontificum (2007)
• Traditionis custodes (2021)

Official resources

• Traditionis custodes (2021)
• Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

Recommended reading

• Missale Romanum ex decreto SS. Concilii Tridentini restitutum Summorum Pontificum cura recognitum (editio typica 1962), Vatican City: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1962.The Missal itself, with the Code of Rubrics and the Ritus servandus in its front matter Read online
• Sacred Congregation of Rites, “Rubricae Breviarii et Missalis Romani (the Code of Rubrics, promulgated by Rubricarum instructum, 25 July 1960)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 52 (1960), 1960, pp. 597 ff..The rubrics of 1960, which govern the 1962 books: the kinds of Mass, the calendar, what is said aloud Read online
• Sacred Congregation of Rites, “De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (instruction, 3 September 1958)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 50 (1958), 1958, pp. 630-663.The Holy See's instruction of 1958 on the people's part, with the dialogue Mass in four degrees Read online
• Fortescue, Adrian, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described, London: Burns & Oates, 1918.The classic English guide to celebrating the Mass of Pius V, ceremony by ceremony; free on archive.org Read online
• Fortescue, Adrian, The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy, London: Longmans, Green, 1912.The history of each part of the Mass of Pius V Read online
• Guéranger, Prosper, The Liturgical Year, vol. 1: Advent, tr. Laurence Shepherd, Dublin: James Duffy, 1870.The Ordinary of the Mass explained for the faithful, in The Liturgical Year Read online
• Jungmann, Josef A., The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development (Missarum Sollemnia), tr. Francis A. Brunner, 2 vols., New York: Benziger, 1951–1955.The standard history of every part of the Roman Mass Read online
• Pius XII, Mediator Dei (encyclical on the sacred liturgy), 1947.Pius XII on the liturgy in 1947: what in worship can change and what cannot Read online
• Bugnini, Annibale, The Reform of the Liturgy 1948-1975, tr. Matthew J. O'Connell, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1990.The reforms of 1948–1962 as told by their secretary Read online
• Gamber, Klaus, The Reform of the Roman Liturgy: Its Problems and Background, San Juan Capistrano: Una Voce Press; Harrison, NY: Foundation for Catholic Reform, 1993.Gamber's case against what he called a "Modern Rite" Read online

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9. Primary textDicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Index decretorum anni MMXXV, 2025. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · PDF read and re-parsed entry by entry 2026-09-15: exactly 34 entries 'celebrandi secundum Missale Romanum a sancto Ioanne XXIII anno 1962 promulgatum, in ecclesia parœciali'; 25 of them renew a licence 'in aliud biennium'; and Prot. N. 651/25 (Glasgow, 25 Nov) 'abrogat et substituit' Prot. N. 163/25, so the year's decrees reach 33 churches
10. Primary textMissale Romanum ex decreto SS. Concilii Tridentini restitutum Summorum Pontificum cura recognitum (editio typica 1962), Vatican City: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1962, pp. 301–312; p. 221; Ritus servandus X.6, pp. LXII–LXIII; Ritus servandus II.2, 4; p. 217; Ritus servandus I.3; Ritus servandus X.7; pp. 216–328; p. 216; pp. 216–217; pp. 217–219; p. 219; Ritus servandus VI.6, p. LVIII; pp. 219–220; p. 220; pp. 221–222; p. 222; pp. 312–316; pp. 316–317; p. 318; pp. 318–321; p. 321; p. 322; pp. 322–328; Ritus servandus XII; Proprium de Tempore; pp. 220–221; Ritus servandus II.2; Ritus servandus V.3, p. LVII; title page. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · archive.org scan (rights not established; consulted; a printing later than 13 Nov 1962, so cited by page as reprinted): the title page; the Ordo Missae and Canon Missae incipits and some twenty Ordo pages in the OCR; Proprium de Tempore and Proprium Sanctorum; Ritus servandus I.3, II.2, II.4, V.3 (p. LVII, page image), VI.6, X.6, X.7 and XII; Rubricae generales nn. 425, 503, 509–510; 'In Missis defunctorum dicitur prædicta oratio: sed aqua non benedicitur' (p. 221)
11. Magisterial / canonicalCode of Canon Law, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1983, cann. 924 §2, 926; can. 924 §1; cann. 844 §1, 912, 919 §1, 1248 §1; can. 6 §1. LinkVerified 2026-09-12 · cann. 844, 919, 923 read on vatican.va; cann. 913–914 read 2026-09-12; can. 1248 §1 read on vatican.va 2026-09-14; cann. 6 §1, 912, 924 §§1–2 and 926 read on vatican.va 2026-09-15; can. 916 read 2026-09-16: 'A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess'
12. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (instruction, 3 September 1958)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 50 (1958), 1958, pp. 630-663, nn. 56, 59; nn. 14c, 31–32; nn. 25–26, 31; n. 28; n. 56; n. 27. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 50 (1958), vatican.va PDF, read: n. 14c (p. 636), n. 22 (pp. 637-638), nn. 25, 27 (pp. 639-641), n. 26 (p. 640: "eadem prorsus valent etiam pro Missa cantata", extending n. 25 to the Missa cantata), nn. 28, 31-32 (pp. 641-643), nn. 56, 59 (pp. 648-649)
13. Magisterial / canonicalPius X, “Tra le sollecitudini (motu proprio on sacred music, 22 November 1903)”, Acta Sanctae Sedis 36 (1903-04), 1903, pp. 329-339, §3. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read in Italian on vatican.va and in ASS 36: 'la partecipazione attiva ai sacrosanti misteri' the 'prima ed indispensabile fonte', p. 331; §3, Gregorian chant 'il canto proprio della Chiesa Romana'
14. Magisterial / canonicalCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Card. Arthur Roche), Responsa ad dubia on certain provisions of Traditionis custodes (4 December 2021), 2021. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read on vatican.va and in the bulletin of 18 Dec 2021: only the Rituale Romanum ('last editio typica 1952'), only in canonically erected personal parishes, not the Pontificale; the readings from the full Bible at the Missal's pericopes; 'No vernacular lectionaries may be published that reproduce the cycle of readings of the previous rite'
15. ScholarshipFortescue, Adrian, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described, London: Burns & Oates, 1918, pp. 2, 61. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · archive.org OCR, pages from the running heads, read: p. 2 (the Communion rail; page image), pp. 60-61 (the Communion of the people at Low Mass), p. 64 (the prayers after Low Mass)
16. Magisterial / canonical“Codex Iuris Canonici (1917)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 9 (1917), pars II, 1917, can. 1262 §2. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · vatican.va PDF: can. 1262 §2, p. 245, read on the page image: 'mulieres autem, capite cooperto et modeste vestitae'; abrogated by the 1983 Code, can. 6 §1 1°
17. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Urbis et Orbis (decree on the prayers after Low Mass, 6 January 1884)”, Acta Sanctae Sedis 16 (1883-84), 1884, pp. 239-240, ASS 16, 239–240. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · ASS 16, vatican.va PDF, read: 'in fine cuiusque Missae sine cantu celebratae, flexis genibus recitentur', p. 240
18. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, Inter oecumenici (first instruction on the Constitution on the liturgy, 26 September 1964), 1964, §48j and the closing formula. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · English text on adoremus.org (AAS 56 (1964) 877-900): §48 e ('recited aloud') and j ('The last gospel is omitted; the Leonine Prayers are suppressed'); §56; §91 ('preferably be freestanding'); in force from the first Sunday of Lent, 7 March 1965 (closing formula)
19. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Cum nostra hac aetate (general decree simplifying the rubrics, 23 March 1955)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 47 (1955), 1955, pp. 218-224, AAS 47, 218–220; tit. II n. 1, nn. 8–9, 11. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 47 (1955), vatican.va PDF, read: only the octaves of Christmas, Easter and Pentecost kept (n. 11); the vigils cut to two privileged and five common (nn. 8-9); the semidouble rite abolished (tit. II, n. 1); pp. 218-220 for the provisions this page cites (decree head p. 218; semidouble suppressed p. 219; vigils nn. 8-9 and octaves n. 11, p. 220), the decree running on to p. 224 (page images read 2026-09-15)
20. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Maxima redemptionis nostrae mysteria (general decree, 16 November 1955)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 47 (1955), 1955, pp. 838-841 (the decree; the Instruction of the same date follows at pp. 842-847), AAS 47, 840–841; AAS 47, 838–841; preamble, p. 839, n. 2; preamble, p. 840. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 47 (1955) 838-841, read 2026-09-15: n. 2 'Novus hic Ordo servari debet a die 25 Martii, dominica II Passionis seu in palmis, anni 1956' (p. 840); n. 7 the Mass of the Lord's Supper in the evening, not before 5 p.m. nor after 8 p.m.; n. 9 'quae permittat Missam solemnem eiusdem vigiliae incipere circa mediam noctem', anticipation by the local Ordinary 'non ante diei crepusculum, aut certe non ante solis occasum' (p. 841)
21. Magisterial / canonicalJohn XXIII, “Rubricarum instructum (motu proprio, 25 July 1960)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 52 (1960), 1960, pp. 593-595, AAS 52, 593; AAS 52, 593–595; AAS 52, 594. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 52 (1960), vatican.va PDF: 'altiora principia … in proximo Concilio Oecumenico Patribus esse proponenda', p. 594; dated 25 July 1960, p. 595; 'Pontificia Commissione pro generali liturgica instauratione', pp. 593–594
22. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Decree inserting the name of St Joseph in the Canon of the Mass (13 November 1962)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 54 (1962), 1962, p. 873, AAS 54, 873. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 54 (1962) 873, read: 'sed et beati Ioseph eiusdem Virginis Sponsi'; in force 8 December 1962
23. Magisterial / canonicalCongregation for Bishops, “Animarum bonum (decree erecting the Personal Apostolic Administration of St John Mary Vianney, 18 January 2002)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 94 (2002), 2002, pp. 305-308, art. III. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 94 (2002), vatican.va PDF, read at pp. 305-308: art. III, p. 306, 'secundum Ritum Romanum ac disciplinam liturgicam, utrumque recognitum et ordinatum ad sancti Pii V praescripta, una cum accommodationibus quas Successores usque ad beatum Ioannem XXIII induxerunt'
24. Magisterial / canonicalCongregation for Divine Worship, “Quattuor abhinc annos (circular letter, 3 October 1984)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 76 (1984), 1984, pp. 1088-1089, AAS 76, 1088–1089; AAS 76, 1088. LinkVerified 2026-09-20 · read firsthand in the AAS OCR PDF on vatican.va, AAS 76 (1984) pp. 1088-1089, 'EPISTULA: De usu Missalis Romani iuxta editionem typicam anni MCMLXII': 'Episcopis dioecesanis facultatem concedit utendi Indulto, quo sacerdotes et christifideles, qui in petitione proprio Episcopo exhibenda explicite indicabuntur, Missam celebrare valeant Missale Romanum adhibendo iuxta editionem typicam anni 1962, servatis autem normis, quae sequuntur'; conditions (a)-(e) read verbatim (no part with those questioning the 1970 Missal; petitioning groups only; bishop-designated churches/oratories; Latin only; no mixing of rites/texts; bishops report to the Congregation). Signed 'Ex aedibus Congregationis pro Cultu Divino, die 3 Octobris 1984', A. Mayer Pro-Praefectus, V. Noè a Secretis.
25. Magisterial / canonicalJohn Paul II, Ecclesia Dei (motu proprio, 2 July 1988), 1988, §6c. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read on vatican.va (EN, LA): §6c 'a wide and generous application of the directives already issued … for the use of the Roman Missal according to the typical edition of 1962'
26. Magisterial / canonicalBenedict XVI, Summorum Pontificum, 2007, art. 1. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · art. 1 read in Latin on vatican.va: 'duo usus unici ritus romani'; 'formam extraordinariam'; the preamble read in Latin and English: 'libros liturgicos instauratos et partim innovatos' / 'revised and in part renewed', and John Paul II 'approved the third typical edition'
27. Magisterial / canonicalClement VIII, “Cum sanctissimum Eucharistiae Sacramentum (brief, 7 July 1604)”, Missale Romanum, editio typica 1962, front matter, 1604, MR1962 p. VII. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · page images of the 1962 editio typica's front matter, pp. VI-VII: 'illorum sensum imitari potius, et supplere, quam aliquid novi afferre videantur' (p. VII); dated 'die VII iulii MDCIV'
28. Magisterial / canonicalUrban VIII, “Si quid est (brief, 2 September 1634)”, Missale Romanum, editio typica 1962, front matter, 1634, MR1962 p. VIII (unnumbered). LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · page image of the 1962 editio typica, p. [VIII] (unnumbered), read: 'rubricae, quae sensim ab usu rituque veteri degeneraverant, in pristinum restitutae'
29. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Decree on the typical edition of the Roman Missal (25 July 1920)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 12 (1920), 1920, pp. 448-449, AAS 12, 448–449. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 12 (1920) 448-449, read: the edition 'ex altera typica anni 1900 deprompta, illud tantum innovatum est' that the new rubrics required
30. ReferenceJust, Felix, S.J., Lectionary Statistics, 2009, Readings from the New Testament. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read on catholic-resources.org (page last updated 2 January 2009): under the heading 'Readings from the New Testament', in the body and not in the notes, 'Before Vatican II, the same readings were used each year for the various Masses in the Roman Missal' (re-read 2026-09-15); New Testament verses read on Sundays and major feasts 16.5% before 1970, 40.8% now, 71.5% with the weekdays; Old Testament outside the Psalms 1.0%, 3.7% and 13.5%; the 'before' column is the Missal before 1951, whose revision cut the Old Testament to 0.39% (note 3), and 'now' is the Lectionary's second edition (1981)
31. Primary textLe Liber pontificalis: texte, introduction et commentaire, ed. L. Duchesne, vol. 1, Paris, 1886, vol. I, pp. 239, 312. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · archive.org page images and OCR: Leo I, 'sanctum sacrificium', p. 239; Gregory I, 'diesque nostros in tua pace dispone', p. 312
32. Magisterial / canonicalSacred Congregation of Rites, “Declarations of 2 January 1962 (Part II of the Pontificale Romanum, typical from 13 April 1961)”, Acta Apostolicae Sedis 54 (1962), 1962, pp. 51-52, AAS 54, 52. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · AAS 54 (1962) 52, vatican.va PDF, read: Part II declared typical by decree of 13 Apr 1961; the earlier editions' rites, rubrics and chant 'vim obligationis amiserunt'
33. Primary textGuéranger, Prosper, The Liturgical Year, vol. 1: Advent, tr. Laurence Shepherd, Dublin: James Duffy, 1870, p. 81. LinkVerified 2026-09-13 · archive.org full text (edition per the archive.org record): p. 81, between the running heads 'THE ORDINARY OF THE MASS. 81' and '82 ADVENT.', for 'The voice of the Priest is no longer heard; yea, even at the altar, all is silence'; p. 125 read earlier, the next running head being 126
34. ScholarshipFortescue, Adrian, The Mass: A Study of the Roman Liturgy, London: Longmans, Green, 1912, p. 394; p. 184. LinkVerified 2026-09-13 · archive.org full text, pages fixed from the running heads: p. 100, the older theory that the Gallican family came from Asia Minor, 'brought to Lyons by the disciples of St John', and 'This theory is now abandoned'; p. 106, 'That it is related to the Gallican liturgies and not to that of Rome (as the Roman rite is now) seems obvious'; p. 184 (the medieval additions 'take nothing from its dignity') and p. 394 (Pius V's Missal of 1570 'for the first time admits it as part of the Mass'), each between its running heads
35. Magisterial / canonicalSecond Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, 1963, §50. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · §4 read on vatican.va 17 Sep 2026, verbatim: the Council 'declares that holy Mother Church holds all lawfully acknowledged rites to be of equal right and dignity; that she wishes to preserve them in the future and to foster them in every way', and desires that 'where necessary, the rites be revised carefully in the light of sound tradition'. §47 read on vatican.va 15 Sep 2026, verbatim: 'At the Last Supper, on the night when He was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the eucharistic sacrifice of His Body and Blood'; §23 read on vatican.va; §50 read, and re-read in Latin and English on vatican.va 14 Sep 2026: 'ritus, probe servata eorum substantia, simpliciores fiant' (the substance clause governs the simplifying); 'restituantur vero ad pristinam sanctorum Patrum normam' / 'restored to the vigor which they had in the days of the holy Fathers'; §54 and §116 read on vatican.va 16 Sep 2026: 'a suitable place may be allotted to their mother tongue'; 'The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services'
36. Primary textMissale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum (Venice printing), Venice, 1570, Ritus servandus, De Oratione. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · archive.org page image (leaf n33), Ritus servandus, De Oratione, read: the provision for an altar facing the people already present, unnumbered
37. Magisterial / canonicalPaul VI, Missale Romanum: Apostolic Constitution on the New Roman Missal, 1969. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · read on vatican.va (given at Rome, Holy Thursday, 3 April 1969): promulgation of the new Missal, effective the First Sunday of Advent (30 Nov 1969); SC as the basis of the revision. Re-read 14 Sep 2026 in English and Latin for the Eucharistic Prayer: 'The major innovation concerns the Eucharistic Prayer … we have decided to add three new Canons to this Prayer' ('tres novi Canones adderentur statuimus'; vatican.va's Latin prints the typo 'stauiimus')
38. ReferenceUSCCB Committee on Divine Worship, “Holy See Confirms Divine Worship: The Missal for Ordinariates”, Committee on Divine Worship Newsletter, October 2015, 2015, pp. 37-39, pp. 37–38. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · PDF read: the three Ordinariates named (Walsingham; Chair of St Peter; Our Lady of the Southern Cross); 'seems to deliberately avoid the use of terms like "Anglican Use"'; the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) printed in the Missal's front matter; re-read 2026-09-17: p. 37 'In May 2015, the Holy See subsequently approved the second book, Divine Worship: The Missal', its use 'beginning on the First Sunday of Advent', the 2014 Divine Worship: Occasional Services 'containing rituals for baptisms, weddings, and funerals', and 'according to the usual stipulations, may receive Holy Communion'; p. 38 'several traditional Anglican elements', 'the placement of the Penitential Rite after the Liturgy of the Word', and The English Missal and The Anglican Missal as 'essentially translations of the traditional Roman Missal', prepared by Anglicans for use in 'high Anglican' services; p. 39 'Prayer Book English' and the Prayer of Humble Access 'said by the priest and congregation just after the Agnus Dei'
39. Magisterial / canonicalPontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Universae Ecclesiae (instruction), 2011, §6. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · read on vatican.va (English): 'usus antiquior'
40. Primary textParolin, Pietro (Secretary of State), for Pope Leo XIV, “Lettre aux évêques de France réunis en Assemblée plénière, 18 mars 2026”, Église catholique en France, 2026. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · read: 'Sa Sainteté le Pape Léon XIV me charge de vous transmettre'; 'dans le contexte de la croissance des communautés liées au Vetus Ordo'; 'des solutions concrètes permettant d'inclure généreusement les personnes sincèrement attachées au Vetus Ordo, dans le respect des orientations voulues par le Concile Vatican II en matière de Liturgie'; signed 'Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secrétaire d'État de Sa Sainteté', 'Du Vatican, le 18 mars 2026' (published 25 Mar 2026)
41. Magisterial / canonicalLeo XIV, Letter to Cardinal Arthur Roche for the Liturgical Conference at Mount Angel Abbey (29 June 2026), 2026. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read on vatican.va: 'we must emphasize the need for fidelity to the approved texts and instructions'; no mention of the Missal of 1962; re-read 2026-09-16: 'the respect that all those called to prepare the celebration of the divine mysteries, and priests in particular, must show toward the rites promulgated by Pope Saint Paul VI and Pope Saint John Paul II'
42. Primary textPontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Decree erecting the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (Prot. 234/88, 18 October 1988). LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · the FSSP's English, headed '[Original: Latin]', read verbatim: 'a clerical society of Apostolic Life with Pontifical Right'; 'the use of the liturgical books in force in 1962'; ratified by John Paul II in audience, 18 Oct 1988
43. ReferencePriestly Fraternity of St Peter, Figures (statistics as of 1 November 2025). LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read 15 Sep 2026: 'Statistics as of November 1st, 2025'; 'Priests: 387'
44. ReferenceInstitut du Christ Roi Souverain Prêtre, Province de France, Qui sommes-nous ?. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read 15 Sep 2026: the decree Saeculorum Rex, 7 Oct 2008 (the decree itself not seen); '147 chanoines aujourd'hui'
45. ReferenceInstitut du Bon Pasteur, Le charisme liturgique de l'Institut du Bon Pasteur dans le droit de l'Eglise. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read 15 Sep 2026: the Institute's excerpt of its decree of erection, 8 Sep 2006, 'ut eorum ritum proprium, utendo libris liturgicis […] anno 1962 vigentibus' (the Holy See text not seen)
46. ReferenceInstitut du Bon Pasteur, Nos prêtres. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read 15 Sep 2026: 'En 2026, l'Institut du Bon Pasteur, ce sont 66 prêtres engagés dans 10 pays'
47. ReferenceFSSPX.News, SSPX Statistics 2025 (published 4 January 2026). LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read 15 Sep 2026: 'Statistics as of November 1, 2025'; 'Priests (excluding bishops): 733'; 'Countries served: 77'
48. Magisterial / canonicalDicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Decreto (Prot. N. 99/2009), 2 July 2026, 2026. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read in full in Italian (vatican.va; the whole text is set out in content/rites/_research/canon/latin-roman.md 8.4): the consecrations there described, "senza mandato pontificio e contro la volontà del Sommo Pontefice", are called "un atto di natura scismatica" (the decree carries no date but its own, "2 luglio 2026"; the consecrations are dated 1 July 2026 by the Society's own account); the consecrator and the four he consecrated are declared to have incurred ipso facto the latae sententiae excommunication "riservata alla Sede Apostolica", and the co-consecrating bishop the excommunication of can. 1364 §1, without the reservation words; clerics and lay faithful are admonished not to adhere to the schism. The decree names no liturgical book
49. ReferenceFSSPX.News, What to Make of the Decree of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith of July 2, 2026?. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · read (canon §8.4): the Society's position after the decree, that its priests 'administer the sacraments validly and licitly', by supplied jurisdiction in a state of necessity
50. Magisterial / canonicalDicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Nota esplicativa (Prot. N. 99/2009), 2 July 2026, 2026, nn. 1, 3; the closing paragraph; n. 2. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read in Italian (vatican.va): all the faithful are urged 'ad astenersi dal partecipare alle celebrazioni e attività promosse dalla suddetta Fraternità Sacerdotale San Pio X'; n. 2, lay faithful are schismatic and excommunicated if they 'aderiscono formalmente', on the PCLT's 1996 conditions, 'che questo Dicastero fa propria'; dated 2 luglio 2026; the whole Note and the decree searched 2026-09-15, nothing on Sunday or the obligation
51. Magisterial / canonicalPontifical Council for Legislative Texts, “Nota esplicativa sulla scomunica per scisma in cui incorrono gli aderenti al movimento del Vescovo Marcel Lefebvre (24 August 1996)”, Communicationes 29 (1997), 1996, pp. 239-243, nn. 5, 7. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read in Italian (vatican.va): n. 5, formal adherence needs an internal element, 'condividere liberamente e coscientemente la sostanza dello scisma', and an external one; n. 7, for the lay faithful 'non è sufficiente … una partecipazione occasionale'; adopted by the DDF Note of 2 July 2026, n. 2
52. ReferencePriestly Fraternity of St Pius X, General House, Communiqué from the General House (Menzingen, 13 July 2026), 2026. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · PDF read (14 Sep 2026; recorded in content/rites/_research/canon/latin-roman.md 8.4): the Society "submitted on 11 July a preliminary recourse" to the Dicastery under cann. 1734 ff., and states that this "has the effect of suspending the execution of the decree" under can. 1353. The suspensive effect is the Society's claim, and no Holy See response to the recourse was found
53. Magisterial / canonicalFrancis, Letter to the Bishops of the whole world that accompanies Traditionis custodes (16 July 2021), 2021. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · read on vatican.va: 'I take the firm decision to abrogate all the norms, instructions, permissions and customs that precede the present Motu proprio'
54. ReferenceFortescue, Adrian, “Rites”, Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 13, 1912. LinkVerified 2026-09-14 · read in the New Advent text: the general part, signed ADRIAN FORTESCUE (New Advent's citation line names P. Griffin, wrongly): 'merely the Roman Rite with local additions and modifications, most of which are to its disadvantage'; dioceses (e.g. Lyons) and orders 'keep their special uses'. It misdates Quo primum to 19 July 1570 (the bull: pridie Idus Julii, 14 July), so that date is not repeated
55. ScholarshipGiampietro, Nicola, The Development of the Liturgical Reform: As Seen by Cardinal Ferdinando Antonelli from 1948 to 1970, Fort Collins, Colorado: Roman Catholic Books, 2009, p. 18. LinkVerified 2026-09-18 · open full text on archive.org (folios print at the foot of the page): p. 18, at the audience of 28 May 1948 'The Holy Father nominated a Pontifical Commission' to examine the plan for the reform, Micara presiding; p. 19, 'The Commission met for the first time on June 22, 1948 in Cardinal Micara's apartments', its members bound to 'the strictest secrecy'; p. 20, Antonelli's diary for that evening, 'This evening (June 22, 1948), the first meeting of the Commission was held', naming those present. English edition of the Italian original (Studia Anselmiana, 1998); ISBN 978-1-934888-12-4
56. Magisterial / canonicalPaul VI, Sacram Liturgiam (motu proprio, 25 January 1964), 1964. LinkVerified 2026-09-15 · vatican.va (LA), seen for the research canon: the special commission set up to carry out the Constitution on the liturgy, known from 1964 as the Consilium: 'peculiarem condimus Commissionem'