August 14 was to have been a memorable occasion for Catholics in the Washington, D.C., area who are devoted to the Latin Mass as it was celebrated before liturgical reforms that grew out of the Second ...

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has issued sweeping restrictions to the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass, reversing previous papal decrees that had liberalized the Mass celebrated before the ...

A file photo shows a cross and Jesus' name on a pillar in the church at Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, N.Y. The Diocese of Albany, N.Y., has put "on hold" parish celebrations of the Latin ...

Pope Francis' restoration of restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass was guaranteed to provoke uproar. Many who prefer the old rite (sometimes called the Tridentine Mass, or the extraordinary form) ...

ROME — Canon lawyers and experts in the traditional liturgy have warned that a pastoral instruction issued by the Diocese of Rome that bans traditional communities and priests from celebrating all the ...

The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book. The Zairean ...