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February 21, 2023

Pope Francis clarifies rules limiting celebration of Tridentine Mass

A Roman Missal is seen on the altar during a traditional Tridentine Mass July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City.

Diocesan bishops must have Vatican authorization to allow the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Mass in a parish church, to establish a new "personal parish" for devotees of the old Mass or to allow its celebration by a priest ordained after July 2021 when Pope Francis issued rules restricting the celebration, he said.

Published in Faith
July 28, 2021

Dioceses review Latin Mass restrictions

Cardinal Walter Brandmuller elevates the Eucharist during a Tridentine-rite Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in 2001, the first time in several decades that the rite was celebrated at the altar.

A week after Pope Francis re-imposed restrictions on pre-Vatican II Latin Mass, parishioners at Holy Family Catholic Church in Toronto were still praying with the 1962 Missale Romanum at their regular 11:30 weekday Masses.

Published in International
June 11, 2019

Order of Malta's leader reminds members: Tridentine Mass not allowed

Order of Malta's leader reminds members: Tridentine Mass not allowed

ROME -- The grand master of the Sovereign Order of Malta has reminded members that all liturgical celebrations within the order must be celebrated according to the ordinary form of the Roman rite, not the extraordinary form, known as the Tridentine rite.

Published in International