Archbishop Burke offers 1st Tridentine High Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in 40 years

October 19, 2009

Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, has offered the first solemn High Mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite in St. Peter’s Basilica since the promulgation of the ordinary form four decades ago. The Pontifical Mass took place in the Chapel of the Most Holy Sacrament.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1975, the 61-year-old prelate was ordained Bishop of La Crosse (Wisconsin) in 1995 and installed as Archbishop of St. Louis in 2004. Pope Benedict appointed him to his present position in June 2008.

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• Letter #36, from Rome, "introibo ad altare" (The Moynihan Report)
• After 40 Years (Inside the Vatican)
• Solenne pontificale a San Pietro (Messainlatino.it)

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