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 ...

The Vatican has approved and is ready to release a new English translation of the Mass and its associated prayers and texts. Pope Benedict XVI spoke Wednesday at the Vatican to Vox Clara, a ...

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.

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 ...

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

Parishioners use Mass guides during a Sunday morning service at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia, Nov. 27, 2011. The new English translation of the Roman Missal was used for ...

Vatican City, Jul 7, 2007 / 02:59 am. Today marks the historic issuance of Pope Benedict’s apostolic letter on the use of the Roman Missal of 1962.

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.

Pope Francis wants all Catholics to recognize that Vatican II and its reforms are not only authentic actions of the Holy Spirit but also are in continuity with the tradition of the church.

The explanatory document, which bans confirmations and ordinations according to pre-Vatican II Roman Missals, was published Dec. 18 with Pope Francis’ approval.