First reported by The Pillar, a Mass using the 1962 Roman Missal -- the missal in use prior to the Second Vatican Council -- was held in a room of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 23. The Mass was organized by the Arlington
It’s been two years since Pope Francis issued the apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes (“Guardians of the tradition”) on July 16, 2021, in which he declared that the Novus Ordo Missae — the reformed Mass promulgated by Pope St. Paul VI after the
Many Catholics probably have not heard about the ongoing turmoil within the Eastern-rite Syro-Malabar Church in southern India. But, as the Our Sunday Visitor Editorial Board writes, this liturgical tension evokes parallels to the ongoing debates over the place of the traditional
A Catholic university in Ohio is making alternate arrangements for students to attend what is commonly called the "traditional Latin Mass," after the local bishop implemented recently issued restrictions from the Vatican.
In a March 6 message, Third Order Franciscan Father David Pivonka,
Albany diocese places ‘hold’ on all ‘traditional Latin Masses’ in parishes except at martyrs’ shrine
The Diocese of Albany, New York, has placed a hold on parish celebrations of Mass with the 1962 Roman Missal, the older usage of the Roman rite, commonly called the "traditional Latin Mass." The celebration of the older usage, however, will continue
OSV chaplain Msgr. Owen F. Campion writes about the story of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and his devout Catholic faith. It has been well-covered in the media that Butker is an altar server at his parish, which uses the Tridentine
Diocesan bishops must have Vatican authorization to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church, to establish a new "personal parish" for devotees of the old Mass or to allow its celebration by a priest ordained after July
Bishop Robert Barron “has no intention of eliminating” the Tridentine Mass in his Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, the diocese said in a Feb. 13 statement responding to a recent outcry that described the decision of Bishop Barron to move the Tridentine Mass
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington promulgated liturgical norms July 22 for implementing Pope Francis' apostolic letter "Traditionis Custodes" ("Guardians of the Tradition"), which limits celebrations of the Mass according to the rite used before the Second Vatican Council.
Effective Sept. 21, celebration
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