Archbishop Cordileone highlighted Cardinal Goh’s remarks in an X post on Saturday, saying, “Let me second the idea that lifting restrictions on the use of the 1962 Missal would be grand, healing, and unifying.” The San Franciscan archbishop is a prominent defender of the Traditional Latin Mass and reverent liturgical practices, including receiving Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling.

Let me second the idea that lifting restrictions on the use of the 1962 Missal would be grand, healing, and unifying.https://t.co/nACICIQwA3

— Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone (@ArchCordileone) May 24, 2025

The Traditional Latin Mass or Tridentine Mass, which was codified by Pope St. Pius V in the 16th century but dates back to antiquity, was the primary liturgy of the Church for hundreds of years until the introduction of the Novus Ordo Mass or Mass of Paul VI in 1969.

Millions of Catholics around the world, including many young people, continue to prefer the Latin Mass over the Novus Ordo, describing the former as more reverent and mysterious and better expressive of the Catholic faith. However, Pope Francis severely restricted the traditional liturgy beginning in 2021, in marked contrast to his predecessors Pope Benedict XVI and Pope St. John Paul II.

Regardless of Francis’ restrictions, devotion to the Latin Mass has continued to grow in recent years.

In the same interview with The Daily Compass, Cardinal Goh criticized Francis’ lack of doctrinal clarity, saying that the “least pleasant aspect of his pontificate was that his teachings appeared ambiguous.”