Can Any Pope Forbid the Traditional Latin Mass? – The Catholic Mass #47

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Today we tackle a foundational topic in the traditional Catholic world: Is it still lawful—or even safe—to celebrate or attend the Traditional Latin Mass? With growing restrictions and renewed attacks on the ancient Mass, Fr. Paul Robinson unpacks the legal, historical, and theological questions at stake. Does Quo Primum still bind the Church? Can a pope forbid what previous popes promulgated? What about the authority of Pope Paul VI and the New Mass? This episode explores the extent of papal power over liturgy, debunks common misconceptions, and makes a powerful case for why holding fast to the TLM is no act of rebellion—but of fidelity.

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0:00.0	Today on the Catholic Mass series, we tackle a foundational topic in the traditional Catholic world.
0:11.0	Is it still lawful, or even safe, to celebrate or attend the traditional Latin Mass?
0:16.0	With growing restrictions and renewed attacks on the ancient right, Father Paul Robinson
0:20.6	unpacks the legal, historical, and theological questions at stake. Does Quo-Premum still bind the
0:25.9	church? Can a Pope forbid what previous popes promulgated? And what about the authority
0:30.6	of Paul the 6th and the new Mass? This episode explores the extent of papal power over liturgy,
0:36.1	debunks common misconceptions, and makes
0:38.8	a powerful case for why holding fast to the traditional Mass is not an act of rebellion,
0:45.2	but an act of fidelity.
0:47.6	On SSpxpodcast.com slash Mass, you'll be able to find all of these episodes, videos,
0:52.2	and resources, as well as links to donate so that we can continue this good work.
0:56.7	So now, let's join Father Paul Robinson for episode number 47 of the Catholic Mass series.
1:02.1	Can any Pope forbid the traditional Latin Mass?
1:06.6	Father Robinson, we are getting close to wrapping up the entire Catholic Mass series.
1:12.0	We probably have this episode and then a couple more left.
1:16.2	How are you doing today?
1:18.3	Doing well. Doing well.
1:19.9	Good.
1:20.8	Yeah, I thought we would take an episode just looking at the authority of the church over the liturgy in general.
1:30.6	I know Father Paucco has addressed the position of the SSPX on the celebration of 1962 liturgy
1:36.7	as opposed to like the pre-55 liturgy.
1:41.0	And the reason why we do that, the primary reason is just because we respect the authority of the church over the liturgy.
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