Why the Old Mass?

by Bishop Williamson on July 31, 2024

Fr. Williamson gives a definition of the Mass, mentions Sacrosanctum Concilium, the liturgical movement, brief history of the Traditional Latin Mass, how the New Mass departs from Tradition and how it relates to the Church’s indefectibility.

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Bishop Williamson

Richard N. Williamson (b. 1940) converted to Catholicism in 1971, was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1976 for the latter’s Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (FSSPX), and was consecrated a bishop by the Archbishop for the same fraternity in 1988.