Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a series of documents purporting to reveal bishops' input into Pope Francis' decision to restrict celebrations ...

A new document from the Vatican congregation that oversees Mass and the sacraments offers responses to questions some bishops have asked about restrictions on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II ...

Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in an ...

The Rev. Yves le Roux, rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in Winona, is clear about the role of the Society of St. Pius X, of which he is a member. "We are Roman Catholic," he said. "We are ...

Retired U.S. Cardinal Raymond Burke decried what he termed the "persecution" of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass during a men's breakfast event in New York City on April 23. Burke, a former head of the ...

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has formally proposed a way to reconcile with a breakaway group of ultra-traditionalist Catholics in a final bid to end a quarter-century of schism, offering it a special ...