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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Inter Mirifica’ remains a vital reference point for reflecting on the role of social communications in the Catholic Church’s mission. Pope Paul VI speaks during the Second Vatican Council ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROME -- Pope Francis appealed for unity in the Catholic Church on Tuesday as he marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, lamenting the divisions that its modernizing reforms spawned ...