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October 12, 2022

In what language should we hear the Word?

A priest elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine-rite Mass in July 2021 at St. Josaphat Church in New York.

My daughter started taking Gaelic lessons more than a year ago and it’s opened my eyes to the story language tells about a people. 

Published in Guest Columns
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
September 19, 2019

Latin Mass celebrated for famed Memphis Catholic who founded order

Father Yoelvis Gonzalez celebrates a memorial Mass Sept. 13, 2019, at St. Peter Church in Memphis, Tenn., in remembrance of Mother Mary Agnes Magevney (1841-1891), who is a prominent local historical figure.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- On the night of a full moon Sept. 13, a high Mass in Latin was celebrated in remembrance of prominent Memphis historical figure Mother Mary Agnes Magevney (1841-1891) at St. Peter Church, sponsored by the Magevney Society.

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
June 3, 2017

10 years later, ’Summorum Pontificum’ hailed as instrument of unity

It has been ten years since Benedict XVI broadened access to the Traditional Latin Mass, also known as the Tridentine Mass, with his 'motu proprio' 'Summorum Pontificum.'

ROME, Italy – Ten years after Benedict XVI broadened access to the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, the document by which he did so is being hailed as a means of closing the rift of division following liturgical changes made after the Second Vatican Council.

Published in Faith