Disappearance of Traditional Mass would impoverish the world both spiritually and culturally

Today The Times has published a letter from 48 intellectuals, artists, politicians and celebrities, both Catholic and non-Catholic, begging the Holy See to reconsider the rumoured ban on the Traditional Mass.

The letter is accompanied by an article by Sir James MacMillan, and includes both unsurprising and surprising names: Lord Moore (the journalist Charles Moore), who like Sir James is a Patron of the Latin Mass Society; the pro-life activist Lord Alton; the non-Catholic politicians Michael Gove and Rory Stewart; the interior designer Nina Campbell; the historians Lady Antonia Fraser and Tom Holland, and many others.