About the Roman Catholic Tridentine Mass or Old Mass, also called the Latin Mass. It was largely replaced in the 1960s, but Pope Benedict XVI has permitted it to be used more widely.

The Tridentine Mass I remember - and often served - came in Low, High and Solemn High versions. And, Father, even at the highest in our parish, we never needed more than four altar boys, ...

The Tridentine Mass has long held a prominent place not just in Church history but in wider culture; many non-Catholics are familiar with its ornate liturgical processes, ...

“It is a nostalgic disease ,” he said in 2023 when discussing the traditional Mass.

Suppressing all elements of the Latin Mass would alienate Catholics who desire the reformed liturgy but also seek the rich liturgical elements of the centuries-old Tridentine celebration.

For those unfamiliar, the Tridentine Mass is the form of the Catholic liturgy established by Pope St. Pius V and the Council of Trent in 1570. In 1970, ...

The old Tridentine Mass, often incorrectly called the Latin Mass, was the central form of Catholic Worship until the year 1970, when it was replaced by the modern Mass one would see in any parish ...

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics -- he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of US adults (47%) say they have a personal or ...

Of the 17,000 Catholic parishes in the United States, 592 of them perform the Latin Mass — including at least six in New York City and four (including Most Precious Blood) in Western Pennsylvania.

The old Tridentine Mass, often incorrectly called the Latin Mass, was the central form of Catholic Worship until the year 1970, when it was replaced by the modern Mass one would see in any parish ...