Tag: Latin Mass
Latin Mass supporters welcome ‘signs of policy change’
Supporters of the traditional Latin Mass say they're cautiously hopeful after signs the Vatican may ease restrictions.
Nuncio in Britain says pope won’t overturn restrictions on old Latin...
Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis' limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant two-year dispensations to bishops who ask, a nuncio said.
Cardinal Burke celebrates traditional Latin Mass in St Peter’s Basilica
In the presence of hundreds of priests and with lay faithful packed into the pews and standing along the walls, US Cardinal Raymond L. Burke celebrated the traditional Latin Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter's Basilica.
Traditionalist Catholics see evangelisation potential of Latin Mass
Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western church revival.
Weigel: The new ultramontanism and the dissing of Vatican II
Why are apologists for the new ultramontanism not more critical of the bludgeoning of a small number of liturgical traditionalists?
After Benedict’s funeral, publisher releases book by late pope’s secretary
Soon after Pope Benedict XVI was laid to rest in the crypt of St Peter's Basilica, an Italian publisher released early copies of a...
Cardinal Pell: we need more clarity on goals of synodality
The Cardinal spoke about synodality, China, Vatican finances and the Latin Mass in a wide-ranging interview with The Spectator
Traditionis Custodes: a church big enough for all of us
I love the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), but not to the exclusion of all other masses. Because of this, I don’t like Traditionis Custodes. Thankfully in Australia our bishops — like most bishops worldwide — have applied it with common sense and have left most TLM communities alone. I think Pope Benedict’s solution was better […]
Philippa Martyr: Don’t learn faith from the ignorant
I heard a sad story recently. A lovely young family lost some long-time friends, another married couple and kids, who started to attend a different Mass. Simply going to a different parish church doesn’t usually bust up a friendship like that. All that happened was that the friends began attending the traditional Latin Mass (TLM).
Fr John Flader Q&A: Motu proprio a discipline
Can you tell me what the new regulations issued by Pope Francis for the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass will mean for those...
Fr John Flader: Can I attend the Latin Mass?
“Dear Father, I often attend a Latin Mass in the traditional rite with my family, and we find it very spiritual and helpful. I...
Australia’s bishops respond to Francis’s motu proprio on the Latin Mass
The arrival of Pope Francis’s motu proprio on the Latin Mass issued on 16 July has been greeted over this last week with some...
