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There are strong pockets (at least) of it in Europe. For example: in England and Wales, the Latin Mass Society was founded in 1965 (lms.org.uk); in France there is also evidence of popular traditionalism. That's at least part of what was going on in the stories about the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon (e.g., pillarcatholic.com/p/en…) and the C…
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There are strong pockets (at least) of it in Europe. For example: in England and Wales, the Latin Mass Society was founded in 1965 (lms.org.uk); in France there is also evidence of popular traditionalism. That's at least part of what was going on in the stories about the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon (e.g., https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/end-of-ordination-ban-in-sight-as) and the Chartres Pilgrimage (in French: https://www.nd-chretiente.com/chartres-2023-discours-du-president-a-courlis-le-28-mai-2023/ ; in English: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/2023-traditional-chartres-pilgrimage-reaches-capacity) had to turn away pilgrims this year.