Pope meets with FSSP leaders to talk about ‘Traditionis Custodes’

Pope Leo XIV and leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a community dedicated to the traditional Roman Rite, held a “cordial half-hour meeting” on Monday, January 19, at the apostolic palace. 

The FSSP is a society of apostolic life of pontifical right founded in 1988 by priests who broke with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the founder of the Society of St. Pius X, precisely to remain fully under the Roman pontiff while preserving the older liturgy. 

Like many traditional Roman Rite communities and parishes, the FSSP is a flourishing community with several hundred priests and seminarians worldwide, a steady flow of vocations, and well-attended liturgies.