Summary
Pope Leo XIV met with leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a group dedicated to traditional Roman Rite, on Monday, January 19, at the apostolic palace. The FSSP requested this private audience and presented its foundation history and ongoing apostolate in greater detail to the Holy Father. Key figures involved include Pope Leo XIV, who received as private audience the FSSP’s superior general, Father John Berg, and co-founder Father Josef Bisig, now serving as rector of their seminary in Nebraska. The FSSP was established in 1988 by priests who sought to remain fully under the Roman pontiff while preserving older liturgical practices, separate from Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s Society of St. Pius X.
Key Topics
Pope Leo XIV, FSSP, Vatican City
