Churches in Madrid and Innsbruck have hosted large secular events featuring television screenings of football matches and communal suppers in recent weeks, while a group of pilgrims travelling with a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (FSSP) were repeatedly denied permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass at prominent Italian shrines, including San Giovanni Rotondo and Assisi, in June 2026.
LifeSiteNews journalist Emily Mangiaracina has drawn attention to this contrast, which many in the traditionalist community regard as illustrative of a persistent double standard in the contemporary Church’s treatment of sacred spaces and liturgical heritage.
