which replaced the centuries-old Latin Mass in 1969. Taken together, the changes to the Mass, the Church calendar, and other features of Catholic liturgy constitute the most extensive alteration ...

prayed that the new Mass would ‘yield a rich harvest ... right that the vernacular should displace the Latin if by doing so the rituals of Catholic Christianity bring a greater satisfaction ...

Could you explain what the church’s official position is on the use of the Latin language in the Mass? (In one nearby ... as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, explained in his book “Seek That Which ...

I recently met with a student, a young African-American Catholic ... in Latin, no longer a common language. The faithful were virtually silent; they “heard” or “assisted” at Mass.” ...

When I was a Catholic, I did both (though I did not attend the Latin mass). But the endurance of ... That strikes me as a plausible explanation. You? State of the Union: The president’s second ...

(JTA) — Pope Francis has restricted the use of the Latin Mass ... a number of sweeping changes to Catholic ritual and practice — including allowing for Mass to be recited in the vernacular.

Members of the Latin Mass societies, Carey said, requested the visit “to secure their access to the traditional rites and sacraments of the Catholic Church (and) is in response to the rigid ...