From Zenit:
When Pope León XIV stepped onto the world stage last spring, many wondered whether he would reopen one of the most sensitive liturgical debates of the past two decades. The question was simple but fraught: Would the new pontiff loosen the tight limits Pope Francis had imposed on the pre–Vatican II Roman Rite, the liturgy that for some Catholics is not simply a form of prayer but a cultural and spiritual home? Half a year into his pontificate, the outline of his approach is beginning to emerge. According to information shared privately with bishops in England and Wales, León XIV appears inclined neither to undo the liturgical reforms advanced by Francis nor to enforce them with the same rigor. What is taking shape instead is a policy of pragmatic leniency.
This shift was first hinted at in mid-November, when Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, the Holy See’s representative in Britain, informed the bishops’ conference that the Pope was prepared to grant renewable two-year dispensations allowing continued celebration of the 1962 Missal in parishes where it has remained pastorally important. León XIV, he reportedly stressed, has no intention of revoking Traditionis Custodes, the 2021 motu proprio by which Francis dramatically curtailed the use of the so-called Tridentine Mass. But he is open to granting bishops broad leeway in its application.