Jeremias Schröder said the Traditional Latin Mass retains a “rightful place in the Church” and cannot be fully suppressed, citing developments since Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 reforms and the lived practice of Benedictine monasteries worldwide.
Speaking in an interview with German Catholic media, the Abbot Primate stated that within the Benedictine Confederation – an international network of autonomous monasteries – both the pre-1970 liturgy and the post-conciliar Missal are in regular use. “I don’t see a conflict there,” he said. “Among us Benedictines, the traditional liturgy and the modern liturgy coexist in perfect harmony.”
