Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026... *sigh*... Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica

Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica

Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from Entering St. Peter’s Basilica
According to organizers, the decision was communicated in a letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State.

VATICAN CITY, 23 October 2026 — The Vatican will bar priests, religious and lay faithful participating in the annual Ad Petri Sedem pilgrimage from entering St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, Oct. 24, extending restrictions beyond the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass to the pilgrims’ customary gathering for prayer at the tomb of St. Peter.

According to the organizers, the decision was communicated in recent days in a letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State. “Your procession is not allowed to enter into St. Peter’s Basilica,” the letter stated, according to Christian Marquant, the pilgrimage’s chief organizer.

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We’ve heard about various shrine and churches barring SSPX members…. but this isn’t an SSPX venture.

Or… we are all…. SSPX?….now?

Remember: It’s not just that they don’t like the traditional Roman Rite. They don’t like the people who want it.

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