A traditional Latin Mass, attended by around 200 priests, was celebrated with papal permission on Oct. 25 in St. Peter’s ...

A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass, calling the documents ...

As worries mount over a possible ban against the traditional Latin Mass, prominent Catholic and non-Catholic artists, activists and leaders have come together in a letter to urge Pope Francis to ...

ROME — Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a Roman Catholic Mass in Latin. A ...

Jessica Harvey used to worship in a church with stained glass and a soaring ceiling. The Catholic parish gave Harvey and her family a sense of community as they settled into their new hometown in ...

Traditional Latin Mass possesses several features of special appeal. Tradition, obviously, is predominant. “It isn’t just in the language,” explained Carolyn Hathaway, who teaches children’s religious ...

Four decades ago, Gary Velder and some like-minded Roman Catholics would gather in motel rooms to experience Mass their preferred way: in Latin. Until the 1960s, all Roman Catholic Masses were in the ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates an old Latin Mass for pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday. VATICAN CITY — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on ...

The Archdiocese of Detroit has new restrictions on traditional Latin Mass. Starting July 1, several churches in metro Detroit will no longer be able to celebrate traditional Latin Mass. For some ...

Pope Francis greatly limited the use of the traditional Latin Mass, believing it sowed division. Traditionalist Catholics are hoping Pope Leo charts a different path. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Ruth ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pope Leo XIV granted Cardinal Raymond Burke permission to celebrate traditional Latin Mass at St. Peter’s, ...