A letter to Cardinals offers a solution for TLM ahead of Pope Leo’s first Consistory

Could an ecclesiastical jurisdiction for the traditional Roman liturgy resolve the impasse created by Traditionis Custodes? One of France’s most senior traditionalist clergymen has sent members of the Sacred College a letter proposing a new path for the ancient Roman Rite in the Catholic Church. Sent by Fr. Louis-Marie de Blignières, founder of the Fraternity of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the letter went in hard copy to fifteen cardinals known for their concern for the traditional liturgy, and to an additional hundred cardinals by email. At its core is a proposal to establish an ecclesiastical jurisdiction – modeled in principle on Military Ordinariates.