According to the diocesean spokesman, Fr. Varela Santamaría “continued to celebrate the Tridentine (Traditional Latin Mass) after the publication of Pope Francis’ Motu Proprio Traditionis custodes.” But the Summorum Pontificum Association in Costa Rica, which until the release of the motu proprio used to worship in the Extraordinary Form, insists that Fr. Varela Santamaría was not being disobedient. The association maintains that that from the moment the bishops in Costa Rica decided to ban the Extraordinary Form in all the country, Fr. Varela Santamaría has only celebrated the “Novus Ordo” Mass but in Latin and ad orientem, “something not only permitted by the existing liturgical norms, but not addressed at all by Pope Francis in his Motu Proprio.”
Costa Rican bishop suspends priest for saying Novus Order Mass in Latin and ad orientem – Catholic World Report
Costa Rican bishop suspends priest for saying Novus Ordo Mass in Latin and ad orientem – Catholic World Report
