This year the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, has refused permission for the celebration of the services of the pre-Vatican II Easter Triduum in his diocese. These services have taken place in the Archdiocese of Westminster since the 1990s, and have attracted up to 200 people, including many of those served by the various Traditional Latin Masses (TLM) celebrated on Sundays in the archdiocese.
Cardinal Nichols first noted that he is “waiting for the judgment of the Holy See on which, if any, parish church may be used for the celebration of Mass according to the Missal antecedent to the reform of 1970”. Then he said that he would not permit the Triduum, “for the sake of the wider provision”. His Eminence apparently feels that axing the Triduum services in anticipation of the decision of the Dicastery for Divine Worship will work out for the best in terms of the other TLMs that take place in the archdiocese.
