Buckley Jr. prayed that the new Mass would ‘yield a rich ... right that the vernacular should displace the Latin if by doing so the rituals of Catholic Christianity bring a greater satisfaction ...

Why does Cardinal Dolan consider the Latin mass a greater threat than a mass said as part of a Gay Pride festival? It’s mind-boggling. As you know, I’m no longer Catholic, and never was a ...

(JTA) — Pope Francis has restricted the use of the Latin Mass ... a number of sweeping changes to Catholic ritual and practice — including allowing for Mass to be recited in the vernacular.

These changes were codified in 1970 with St. Paul VI’s Roman Missal, the missal used in most Catholic parishes in vernacular languages. The restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass are a break ...

The Mass is being translated anew to provide a more exalted, transcendent, “spiritual” language for our worship, and to make the English translation more consistent with the Latin original.

Members of the Latin Mass societies, Carey said, requested the visit “to secure their access to the traditional rites and sacraments of the Catholic Church (and) is in response to the rigid ...

The same thirst is driving rising Catholic interest in the pre-Vatican II-style Mass, where the priest speaks in Latin, many ...

(RNS) — In major Latin American countries, Catholic support for ordaining women ... where the sample size allowed analysis of frequent Mass attenders, frequent Mass attendees also were less ...

Regarding “Tim Walz’s Catholic Roots” (page one, Aug. 25 edition): I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and have never voted for Walz nor will I vote for him this fall. I was very disappointed ...

A lay person, she doesn’t wear robes or veils. She favors skinny ... a movement that has rapidly gained ground in Latin ...

Emma Hunley, a senior at Lima Central Catholic ... Latin Mass, along with other historical forms and expressions of worship, such as kneeling at the altar to receive communion, women wearing veils ...