American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter's in a sign of change

A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had felt abandoned ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Old rite, new generation: The Latin Mass finds new life in region

EASTHAMPTON — It’s a fallacy to say that young people are only into new things. Despite push back from the Vatican against traditional Catholics in recent years, young people in particular are leading ...
Chicago Tribune

Vintage Chicago Tribune: For some Catholics, Latin Mass still an emotional magnet

A theological battle was recently resumed in Chicago, 500 years after it was fought in Europe. Like Martin Luther’s challenge to the 16th century papacy, the opening salvo of the rerun was marked by a ...
National Catholic Reporter

The traditional Latin Mass is not the problem with traditionalist communities

Pope Francis' restoration of restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass was guaranteed to provoke uproar. Many who prefer the old rite (sometimes called the Tridentine Mass, or the extraordinary form) ...
Observer-Reporter

Despite papal restrictions, Latin Mass retains adherents

The Rev. Adam Potter leads the Latin Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington in September. The Rev. Adam Potter delivers a homily at the Latin Mass service at Immaculate Conception Church ...
National Catholic Register

Cardinal Nichols Prohibits Traditional Easter Triduum Services

LONDON — Cardinal Vincent Nichols has declined to give permission for the old Latin rite celebration of the Easter Triduum in Westminster, making it the first time since the 1990s that the Easter ...
America Magazine

How excessive restrictions on the Latin Mass could push away some ordinary Catholics

Editor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation with America Media, offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read other views on the ...
Altoona Mirror

Options sought for Mass in Latin

Latin Mass societies are looking at options to bring the “traditional” style back to Blair and surrounding counties after the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in July limited “old rite” Masses to Sundays.
America Magazine

Is the Latin Mass more reverent? Our readers respond.

Kerry Weber’s “Stop saying the Latin Mass is more reverent” (Short Take, online Nov. 17) received more than 150 comments from our readers. Her story was in part a response to a recent article in The ...
Washington Monthly

The Battle Over the “Latin Mass” Isn’t About Latin

Pope Francis celebrates Mass during the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) August 14 was to have been a ...

In a sign of change, American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass at Vatican

A top American cardinal has celebrated a traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter's Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, a significant departure from Pope Francis, who had sharply ...