Pro Tridentina (Malta)

For the promotion and dissemination of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in the Archdiocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo, as endorsed by the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI (2007) and in the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae (2011). We adhere to the traditional Catholic motto: We are what you once were. We believe what you once believed. We worship as you once worshipped. If you were right then, we are right now. If we are wrong now, you were wrong then.

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Friday, March 21, 2014

Important Statement from Pro Tridentina (Malta)

Mother church of the Old Catholic Church in Utrecht

A new organisation, calling itself the St. Athanasius ICC (SAICC), has recently organised a Tridentine Mass in Valletta. Pro Tridentina (Malta) would like to clarify the following:

SAICC and Pro Tridentina (Malta) are two distinct organisations;
SAICC follows the Old Catholic Church of the Union of Utrecht and therefore is not in communion with Rome and the Pope.
It is however unclear whether SAICC is in fact part of the federation of the Old Catholic Churches.

In view of the above, Pro Tridentina (Malta) cannot co-operate with SAICC because Pro Tridentina (Malta) can only support Tridentine Masses that are celebrated by priests in good standing with the Roman Catholic Church.