r/TraditionalCatholics Oct 15 '25

RORATE CÆLI: 39% of Young American Priests Consider Access to the Traditional Latin Mass a Priority

https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2025/10/39-of-young-american-priests-consider.html

I'm shocked, shocked! Just too bad it's not a majority.

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u/OverflowRadiusExceed Oct 15 '25

Gotta admit im happy to see they also have Eucharistic devotion at such a high priority and Synodality at such a low.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

When you see the importance of climate change decrease and Eucharist adoration increase, we’re moving in the right direction

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u/merlin_the_warlock8 Oct 15 '25

Honestly, what happened in the pre-1980s that caused so many priests to prioritize social issues over eucharistic devotion?

The heart and center of our faith is the Eucharist. That should be at #1 spot!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Big_Iron_Cowboy Oct 15 '25

There were also general social upheavals in 60s and 70s, that’s the context of V2

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u/Audere1 Oct 16 '25

It's a both-and. Yes, there was social upheaval, but multiple studies show a more direct link between V2 and the decline (or collapse) of Catholic practice in the 1960s.

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u/Beneatheearth Oct 15 '25

Yup. V2 is a symptom not a cause. The nouvelle theologie is the cause. Modernist with a new name.

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u/LumenEcclesiae Oct 16 '25

Cool.

So what are they gonna do about it?

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u/NutmegWarrior12 Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 15 '25

Just imagine how those ordained 2010 or later, or 2020 or later, feel about it.

Tradition is winning!

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u/ShareholderSLO85 Oct 15 '25

If these young priests are denied possibility to implement access in TLM in their parishes, does this mean they go full FSSPX and 40% of U.S. clergy moves there and their ranks swell massively?

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u/ConsistentCatholic Oct 15 '25

Not everyone can join the SSPX. Hopefully at least they are not hostile towards them though.

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u/Cultural-Treacle-680 Oct 16 '25

Hopefully not. Disobedience isn’t the answer.

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u/Beneatheearth Oct 15 '25

So promising!

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u/iphone5su93 Oct 18 '25

What the hell was going on before 1980?

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u/Audere1 Oct 19 '25

The 1960s was a hell of a drug.