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In regards to the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass in the Diocese of Madison, Bishop Hying seeks to implement the directives from the Holy See, outlined in Traditionis Custodes… Following a period of public feedback in January of 2023, Bishop Hying has decided that the following four sites in our diocese, subject to Holy See approval and effective July 1, 2023, will serve as the churches that will allow the lay faithful to participate in the Extraordinary Form of Mass, located in reasonably geographically-diverse locations, and celebrated in a manner consistent with Traditionis Custodes and its related directives: St. Mary Church, Fennimore St. Patrick Church, Janesville St. Mary Church, Pine Bluff St. Cecilia Church, Wisconsin Dells The Extraordinary Form of the Mass will continue in the churches where it is currently celebrated through June 30, 2023.

Burke was pointedly critical about the working document for the Vatican's fall Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, which includes discussion of potential priestly ordination of widely respected married men to enhance access to sacraments in that region. "Celibacy stems from the example of Jesus Christ," said the cardinal. "Our great high priest made this choice" and it provides an example of "perfect continence" for priests.

In a March 12 Declaration of Excommunication, Archbishop Burke declared the three women to be excommunicated. He outlined several reasons for the excommunication. (...) The archbishop’s Declaration also noted that, “the three women have publicly affirmed, by word and by deed, the validity of the ordination of women to the priesthood, in contradiction to the perennial, constant, and infallible teaching of the Catholic Church.”

At the press briefing, Bishop Kräutler said that two-thirds of the communities in the Amazon are “coordinated and directed by women, so what do we do?” He added, “We hear a lot about announcing the role of women, but what does it mean?… We need concrete solutions. I’m thinking of the women’s diaconate.”

A contributor to the working document for the Vatican's Synod of Bishops on the Amazon region made his case Wednesday for the priestly ordination of married men in the region. "I'm saying this with great sincerity - there is no other option," Bishop Erwin Kräutler, the retired head of the Xingu prelature in Amazonian Brazil, said at a Vatican press briefing Oct. 9.