Pope: “You Can Say Mass in Latin Right Now”, by T. S. Flanders

By T. S. Flanders, OnePeterFive Podcast, Sept. 18, 2025

Timothy S. Flanders earned a BA in Greek and Latin from Grand Valley State University in 2010 with special studies in history, writing and Arabic. As a result of his studies, he converted from Protestantism to Eastern Orthodoxy and began working in education among ages Kindergarten to adult. He then pursued a Masters’ Degree in Christian history and theology with the Catholic University of Ukraine. …

For months since the feast of the apparition of St. Michael, his election day, Pope Leo has been indirectly addressing the New Iconoclasm, which is one of the non-negotiables of the Trad movement:

1. A traditionalist Catholic defends the Latin Mass (and the other monuments of our forefathers) against the New Iconoclasm occasioned by Vatican II

Pope Leo has acted agianst the New Iconoclasm indirectly by

1. celebrating Holy Mass (something Pope Francis did not do often)

2. chanting his Masses (Pope Francis did not sing)

3. celebrating with a great amount of the Roman tongue (Latin) inside and outside the Roman rite.

Many of our readers by now have seen multiple videos of the Pope’s flawless Latin chanting, which has lifted the heart of every Latin rite traditionalist worldwide.

Shortly after Pope Leo was elected Diane Montagna exposed the fact that the narrative surrounding the “new New” Iconoclasm of Pope Francis (Traditionis Custodes) is all lies….

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