For many of them, the rediscovery of the traditional Latin Mass, or Mass in “the extraordinary ... is not what he was back then. Indeed, as a Catholic, I have grave doubts as to whether ...

(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 ...