A Boston auxiliary bishop says celebrating the traditional Latin Mass was an overwhelming experience. “In offering the ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

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.

“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.

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, ...

Pope Leo XIV stood on the central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics.

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 ...

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, ...

More than half of weekly Mass attendees (54%) had “very favorable” views compared to 32% of all Catholics. And while a vocal minority of conservative Catholics excoriate those U.S. bishops who ...

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 ...