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Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, January 17, 2026

Permission to say the TLM?; a cocky Roche infestation; Schneider's Solution; liturgical lessons; ravages of feminism and managerialism; and more

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Peter Kwasniewski
Jan 17, 2026
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“Permission” to offer the TLM?

I heard recently about a priest who was warned by a fellow priest that he could not say a private TLM because “he didn’t have permission and it would be disobedient.”

B as in B, S as in S.

Let’s get this straight. A priest does not need permission to say a private TLM. Such is the considered view of the best canonists, includ…

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