Brussels (kath.net/KAP) The Brussels Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard just celebrated a Mass in the Traditional Rite. The celebration took place in Brussels with about 500 faithful on Sunday for the occasion of the arrival of the "traditionalist" Society of St. Peter in Benelux-Staaten, as reported by the newspaper "De Standaard".
The Society of St. Peter is recognized by Rome. Their foundation was an offer to those who were then members of the Society of St. Pius X in opposition to the Second Vatican Council.
The "Standard" reported that it is the first time in four decades that a Belgian Archbishop has celebrated the Old Mass. The Church Historian and earlier Episcopal Conference Speaker Jürgen Mettepenningen, said that the Liturgy in the Old Rite is a "false signal". It is a sign for a Church that had been understood as a matter between priest and God.
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Related story: at Agneskerk Amsterdam, from Rorate, another Pontifical Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Coppenhagen and Cardinal Burke in nearby liberal Holland.
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