Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana in Kazakhstan, has disclosed that he personally proposed to Pope Leo XIV the promulgation of an Apostolic Constitution to settle the dispute over the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.
The proposal, made during a private meeting with the Pope on 18 December, was revealed by the bishop following the recent extraordinary consistory of cardinals. Until now, Bishop Schneider said he had maintained a prudential silence about the encounter, but chose to speak after renewed debate over restrictions imposed on celebrations of the 1962 Missal.
