VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY -- In making two controversial decisions this month -- opening the door to wider celebration of the Latin Mass and asserting the Roman Catholic Church as the one true "church of ...

Catholics in the United States will begin using a long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent next year, a leading American cardinal announced Friday.

The New Roman Missal December 2, 2011 — Originally published: May 20, 2011 LORIE CREPEAU (Director of Faith Formation, St. Edna’s Church): My name is Lorie Crepeau.

Since the allowance of the vernacular in the Mass following Vatican II, the idea of people having their own Roman Missal has fallen into relative obscurity. The erroneous thinking that the Roman ...

That concluded a translation process that began in 2000, when Pope John Paul II introduced in Latin a third edition of the Roman Missal since the Second Vatican Council.

Msgr. McManus, a liturgist, served as a peritus, or expert, during Vatican II. t tThe Roman Missal has not yet been given final approval for use in the United States.

A new document from the Vatican congregation that oversees Mass and the sacraments offers responses to questions some bishops have asked about restrictions on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II ...

Francis, Wilkins emphasizes, is "a Vatican II person — he believes in collegiality and the governance of the church by the pope and the bishops, not by the pope and the Roman Curia.

Leaked documents claim to present results of a worldwide consultation of bishops on restricting pre-Vatican II Latin Mass ...

That’s because the Vatican plans to introduce a new English-language Roman Missal, the prayer script we Catholics use at Mass — and its awkward changes to prayers and the liturgy are raising a ...

The Roman Missal is the official Latin texts for the Mass promulgated after the Second Vatican Council, commonly known as the Norvus Ordo or Paul VI Mass. The latest update was approved by Pope ...