Dispatch: Papal holiday won’t put the lid on bubbling tensions
Pope Leo’s summer recess at Castel Gandolfo has brought calm to the Vatican, but the SSPX’s appeal and renewed debate over ‘Traditionis Custodes’ threaten to disturb the lull.
(Catholic Herald) — Close on the heels of ordination season in dioceses across the world, the relative peace of the summer recess continues around the Vatican, with Pope Leo’s holidays not due to end until next weekend, and only the appeal from the Society of St Pius X threatening to interrupt his break.
Leo’s return to taking his summer holidays in the …
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