The Latin Mass may be coming back to Georgetown, if one group of students has its way. Two students submitted last month a formal request to the Office of Campus Ministry for the addition of a ...

During his recent trip to Hungary, Pope Francis addressed one of the most contentious decisions of his pontificate: the restrictions he has made on the Tridentine Mass. For those unfamiliar, the ...

In response to student requests for the Tridentine Mass, a traditional Catholic Mass said in Latin, the Office of Campus Ministry has agreed to regularize its twice-weekly observance in Copley Crypt.

(Soundbite of Mass) MARTIN: This is the Tridentine Mass and it was practiced by Catholics for close to 1500 years before the Second Vatican Council decreed that services should be in the vernacular of ...

Despite the 2007 publication of Summorum Pontificum by Pope Benedict XVI, clarifying the use of the Tridentine Latin Mass, confusion abounds. Few priests, it seems, understand the document, perhaps ...

ROCK ISLAND -- Tridentine Masses will keep smiles on the faces of some Catholic traditionalists in the Quad-Cities. The Tridentine Mass is said in Latin, but it's becoming an endangered species in the ...

“Another fine mess you’ve gotten us into” is the famous catch phrase from the old black-and-white film comedies of Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel. The phrase was usually employed when the ill-fated pair ...

VATICAN CITY -- It was one of the most radical reforms to emerge from the Second Vatican Council. The Mass, root of Roman Catholic worship, would be celebrated in the local language and not in Latin.

Although Pope Benedict XVI plans to allow more Catholic churches to use the Latin Mass, local Catholic priests don't believe it will have much effect here. Monsignor Thomas Smith of St. Joseph ...

After months of intense speculation, Pope Benedict XVI has eased restrictions on the Catholic Church’s traditional Latin Mass — a move that could raise controversy both within the Church, and in its ...