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 ...

(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 ...

More and more it's recognized in the mainstream that the Catholic Church across the world is experiencing a renaissance, with young adults driving the resurgence.

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 ...

Pope Francis’ progressive statements and projects make headlines across the globe and his restriction of the Tridentine Mass continues causing a stir in Catholic circles. Both have made clear the dual ...

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.

No matter how you look at it, the story about a Tridentine Catholic Mass being held in a conference room in the U.S. Capitol is more than a little bizarre. Even assuming the best of intentions, the ...

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 ...