Catholic Standard

Latin Mass supporters welcome ‘signs of policy change’

A traditional Latin Mass, attended by around 200 priests, was celebrated with papal permission on Oct. 25 in St. Peter’s ...
National Catholic Register

Open Letter Defends Traditional Mass Against Cardinal Cupich’s ‘Spectacle’ Claims

An Italian expert liturgist has written an open letter to Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, criticizing the cardinal’s recent assertions, published by the Vatican’s news websi ...
Catholic News Agency

Churchgoing Catholics disapprove of limits on Traditional Latin Mass, but Pope Francis still popular

Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass appear to be unpopular among regularly practicing Catholics, but most American Catholics have not even heard of the changes, a survey reports. ...
Catholic News Agency

Archbishop Cordileone ‘grieved’ by ‘disrespectful’ responses’ to Pope Francis’ curbs on Traditional Latin Mass

The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco said on Thursday that he is “grieved” by “disrespectful responses” to Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass. In an Aug. 5 statement, ...
Religion News Service

Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress draws enthusiastic crowd

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of ...
National Catholic Reporter

Traditional Latin Mass advocates prove Pope Francis was right to suppress the old rite

The traditional Latin Mass had become an incubator for division. Schism is in the air along with the incense. Top of the list is Michael Brendan Dougherty, of National Review, for an op-ed in the New ...
Rapid City Journal

A turn toward tradition, as some Catholic churches resume Latin Mass

Four decades ago, Gary Velder and some like-minded Roman Catholics would gather in motel rooms to experience Mass their preferred way: in Latin. Until the 1960s, all Roman Catholic Masses were in the ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Catholic Mass changing to be closer to original Latin meaning

Beginning today, when a Roman Catholic priest says "The Lord be with you," the congregation will respond, "And with your spirit" instead of, "And also with you." The change will bring the words spoken ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

The gospel according to Ed, the devout Catholic who says you’re worshiping wrong

Anyone who knows him will tell you this is normal, but it makes me nervous. Because Ed is also driving. I’m in the backseat, and he keeps looking in the rearview mirror. Staring past a white cross and ...
WFMJ

Youngstown polka Mass celebrates faith, tradition

A Polka Mass is similar to a typical Catholic Mass but includes traditional polka-style music within the hymns; instruments ...
America Magazine

I love Latin Mass and Pope Francis. Please don’t let a few (very loud) traditionalists ruin it for the rest of us.

Worshippers attend a traditional Latin Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Pope Francis has dropped a bombshell on the ...