Paix liturgique

The organisers are hoping for large numbers of participants – not only those who will be present in the churches and streets of Rome, but also those who, unable to make the journey, will join in prayer with the devout Roman pilgrimage.

Since 2012, every year – including on a somewhat reduced scale during the Covid crisis – the Ad Petri Sedem pilgrimage has taken place as an act of thanksgiving due in justice for the enduring and growing vitality of the traditional liturgy.

Since the liturgical upheavals following the Council, the Lord has had mercy on his Church, which has been morally martyred by an unprecedented crisis, and has miraculously helped the Christian people, driven by the instinct of faith, to preserve the traditional liturgy. And with it, the traditional catechism, schools, charitable works, and an entire young generation.

This Christian people will therefore be represented for three days in Rome by pilgrims from all over the world. Through them, in the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Martyrs (the Pantheon), in the streets of Rome, at Saint Mary Major, and at the aptly named Trinity of the Pilgrims, these faithful of Christ from every corner of the world where the ancient liturgy is celebrated – an ancient liturgy, yet one of eternal youth – will pray, give thanks and implore.

And also, quite simply, they will be present, clearly visible, in Rome itself.

Pilgrimage programme

Friday 23 October 2026

• Prior to the pilgrimage: from 9.00 am, 11th Pax Liturgica meeting, at the Augustinianum Patristic Institute, Via Paolo VI 25: see below.

• 6.30 pm: Pontifical Vespers at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Martyrs (Pantheon), presided over by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

Saturday 24 October 2026

• 10.00 am: Rosary before Saints Celsus and Julian

• 11.00 am: Departure of the procession, led by Bishop Schneider, towards St Peter’s Basilica

• 12.00 noon: Arrival in St Peter’s Square / Security checks / and entry into St Peter’s Basilica

We are not authorised to celebrate Mass in St Peter’s Basilica this year.

• 1.00 pm: Prayers in St Peter’s Basilica

• 3.00 pm: Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore celebrated by Bishop Schneider

Sunday 25 October 2026

• 8.30 am: Mass of Thanksgiving for Christ the King at the Church of San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, celebrated by Bishop Schneider

• 11.00 am: Closing Mass for Christ the King at the Trinité-des-Pèlerins,

• 4.00 pm: Mass of Thanksgiving for Christ the King at the Church of Sant’Anna in Laterano, celebrated by Bishop Marco Agostini

11th Pax Liturgica Conference

Augustinianum Patristic Institute, Via Paolo VI 25

Friday 23 October 2026

Friday 23 October 2026

9.30 am: Welcome to participants

10.00 am: Rubén Peretó Rivas, Director of the International Centre for Liturgical Studies

Introduction to the Conference

Abbé Claude Barthe, Chaplain of the Coetus Internationalis Summorum Pontificum

Welcome to participants

10.30 am: Sebastian Ostritsch (Stuttgart)

11.15 am: Break

11.30 am: Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera (Madrid)

12.20 pm: Diane Montagna (Rome)

1.10 pm: Lunch

2.30 pm: Jean-Pierre Maugendre (Paris)

3.20 pm: Jorge O’Reilly (Buenos Aires)

4.00 pm: Break

4.15 pm: Christian Marquant, President of Paix Liturgique

Conclusion

5.00 pm: End of activities at the Augustinianum

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