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VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation” after the Vatican ...

SINCE the Second Vatican Council — which took place from 1962 to 1965 with the aim of updating the Catholic Church and making it more relevant to the needs and ways of the contemporary world (hence ...

The change comes as the Catholic Church revised the rules governing the 1962 Roman Missal, used for the pre-Vatican II Traditional Latin Mass.

The first English Roman missal was published in 1974. Today, these post-Vatican religious rituals are known as the “ordinary form” of the Roman rite.

Pope Francis has unequivocally confirmed that bishops must obtain authorization from the Holy See before granting permission to celebrate the pre-Vatican II Mass in parish churches.

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