(July 16, 2021) Kalamazoo, Mich.: The Diocese of Kalamazoo has released the following statement from Bishop Paul J. Bradley on the Motu Proprio, Traditionis Custodes, released Friday, July 16 by Pope Francis:
 

...“In light of the fact that this Motu Proprio takes effect immediately, and in order to provide for the needs of those parish communities in which a Mass according to the Missal of 1962 has already been scheduled, I am giving each priest serving in the Diocese of Kalamazoo ‘authorization pro tempore ’ to continue celebrating the Mass according to the Missal of 1962 (cf. Art. 5 Traditionis Custodes)..."