Latin Mass Archives

Documentarian and Latin Mass devotee says, ‘You can’t just squash it’

Jul 24, 2021

When Cameron O’Hearn set out two-years-ago to create a documentary on the Traditional Latin Mass, he envisioned it being an invitation to his fellow Catholics. What he never envisioned, was Pope Francis restricting Mass’s celebration a month before the documentary was set to release.

By John Lavenburg

Dioceses respond to pope’s document restoring limits on pre-Vatican II Mass

Jul 20, 2021

Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said July 16 that, for now, parishes that celebrate Mass in the extraordinary form — also known as the “traditional Latin Mass” or “Tridentine Mass” — should stick to the status quo.

By Maria Wiering

The nine questions that sealed the fate of the Latin Mass

Jul 20, 2021

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog agency, sent a questionnaire, at the pope’s request, to bishops’ conferences last year about the Latin Mass.

By Inés San Martín

Both on communion and Latin Mass, ‘weaponization’ may be Pope’s target

Jul 18, 2021

If you want to understand why Pope Francis is willing to use the power of his office to enforce discipline on the Latin Mass but not on communion for pro-choice politicians, maybe a concern for “weaponization” of the faith is at least part of it.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Pope’s clampdown on Latin Mass praised as ‘prophetic,’ ripped as ‘cruel’

Jul 17, 2021

Pope Francis’s decision to tighten restrictions on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass was met with polar reaction from Catholics around the globe, with some praising the move as prophetic, and others calling it a stain on Francis’s legacy.

By Elise Ann Allen

Francis reverses Benedict’s liberalization of use of older Latin Mass

Jul 16, 2021

On Friday the Vatican confirmed rumors that Pope Francis was planning to restrict norms regarding the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass with the publication of a new law that walks back previous reforms.

By Elise Ann Allen

Vatican pressed on decree limiting Latin Mass in St. Peter’s

Mar 19, 2021

A second Catholic cardinal has questioned the legitimacy of a recent decree by the Vatican to restrict the celebration of the old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and forbid private Masses in its side chapels.

By Nicole Winfield

Siblings say their call to religious vocation finds strong family support

Apr 27, 2020

Siblings who feel called by God to religious vocations often say the call was distinctly individualized, but they are grateful for the support they received in their discernment from their biological brothers and sisters.

By Deb Wagner