The English bishops have cancelled scores of Old Rite confirmations following the latest wave of restrictions from Rome against traditional Latin liturgies.
Preparations for about 20 confirmations in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite were scheduled to take place at the Birmingham Oratory in February and more than 40 were expected to be conferred at St James’ Church, Spanish Place, London, in June.
But all of them have been cancelled after a Responsa ad dubia published in December suggested that all Old Rite liturgies were impermissible with the exception of the Mass, which since July has been restricted.
