Legal action filed against a New York state diocese shows the Catholic Church in the U.S. has significant work to do in safeguarding adults from clerical abuse.
The Diocese of Rochester, New York, announced on its news website, the Catholic Courier, that it
Pope Francis has approved a new law strengthening the oversight of Vatican-related foundations and nonprofit organizations as well as detailing sanctions and clarifying existing norms on transparency, accountability and mandated compliance with anti-money laundering measures.
The new law, which takes effect Dec. 8,
Recently, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio allowing the non-ordained of “mixed” (i.e., having both non-ordained and ordained) congregations to become major superiors. As Father Carmen Mele writes in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor: “The move indicates developments in an ongoing
With his decision to drastically restrict the celebration of the 1962 missal of Pope St. John XXIII — called by Pope Benedict XVI the “extraordinary form” of the Roman rite, and colloquially known as the Traditional Latin Mass — Pope Francis has
Writer Christopher Altieri looks at what led the pope to reverse the laws of his predecessors regarding the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Mass and answers the questions: What has Pope Francis done with his apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes, and
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.
Archbishop Hebda
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at Pope Francis’ recent apostolic letter restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass, writing that the pope “acted to enhance a sense of unity among Roman Catholics, and he has reasons to worry about disunity. It is everywhere.
OSV Publisher Scott Richert writes that his interest — and participation — in the Church’s various liturgies go back decades. Richert writes in his latest column that he has “come to appreciate each liturgy as a source of innumerable spiritual riches not
Here is the Vatican's official English translation of the letter Pope Francis sent July 16 to the world's bishops explaining his decision to restore some limits on the celebration of the Latin-rite Mass according to the pre-Vatican II Missal:
Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council, overturning or severely restricting permissions