Pope Leo ignores audience request from traditionalist Summorum Pontificum pilgrims– www.lifesitenews.com

Pope Leo XIV has yet to respond to a request for an audience from a major traditional Catholic pilgrimage to Rome, nine months after organizers formally asked to meet him.

The organizers of the annual Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage, which will take place in Rome from October 23-25, requested an audience with Pope Leo in a letter personally delivered to the Pope by Bishop Athanasius Schneider at the Vatican in December 2025, according to a report by Edward Pentin. The letter was signed by two lay representatives of the pilgrimage and sought an opportunity for the Pope to meet a large group of traditional Catholic faithful from around the world. As of writing, no papal audience had been confirmed.

As reported by Pentin, the absence of a response comes despite Pope Leo having expressed a desire to meet Catholics attached to the Traditional Roman rite. In an interview with Vatican journalist Elise Ann Allen published in September last year, Leo said that he had not yet had the opportunity “to really sit down with a group of people who are advocating for the Tridentine rite.” He added, “There’s an opportunity coming up soon, and I’m sure there will be occasions for that.”