Understanding the difference between Churches and rites helps avoid common misunderstandings in liturgical discussions.

Several years ago, Catholic traditionalists sharply criticized Pope Francis for reversing a decree that his Bavarian predecessor, Benedict XVI, issued in 2007 to permit unrestricted use of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s the kind of Catholic Mass your grandparents might remember: The liturgy is spoken in Latin, the choir sings Gregorian chants ...

A distinguished cadre of British public figures is calling upon the Holy See to preserve what they describe as the “magnificent” cultural artifact of the Catholic Church’s Traditional Latin Mass. In ...

ROME — Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a Roman Catholic Mass in Latin. A ...

The Rev. Richard J. Rego was full of his typical fire and vigor last Sunday as he said Latin Mass and gave a homily titled "Jesus Wept." Just one day later Rego was felled by a burst aorta. He died at ...

Worshippers attend a Tridentine Mass at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City in this July 18, 2021, file photo. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) OXFORD, England (OSV News) — ...

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western church revival. ...

Jessica Harvey used to worship in a church with stained glass and a soaring ceiling. The Catholic parish gave Harvey and her family a sense of community as they settled into their new hometown in ...