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Traditional Latin Mass at National Eucharistic Congress draws enthusiastic crowd

INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of ...
National Catholic Reporter

It's time for a better English translation of the liturgy

Reading the news and social media might lead you to think the only liturgical issue Catholics are concerned about is the Latin Mass. But there is another language problem in the Catholic liturgy that ...
inforum

Traditional Latin Mass experiences a revival, including young converts to the older form and traditions

FARGO — Every Sunday afternoon, Sara Ray climbs the stairs to the St. Mary’s Cathedral choir loft, a Gregorian chant book in her hand and a spark of heaven on her heart. At 2 p.m. sharp, she raises ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

I’m a Catholic who prefers Latin Mass. For my family, it’s about handing on tradition.

Heintschel is headmaster of a classical academy and lives in Escondido. He attends the Latin Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church in Logan Heights. Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I ...
National Catholic Reporter

The traditional Latin Mass is not the problem with traditionalist communities

Pope Francis' restoration of restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass was guaranteed to provoke uproar. Many who prefer the old rite (sometimes called the Tridentine Mass, or the extraordinary form) ...
America Magazine

Making sense of Pope Francis’ new restrictions on the Latin Mass

For many Catholics, the Holy Father’s motu proprio “Traditionis Custodes,” restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass, was a difficult document to read, as well as a surprise, even a shock. While I ...
The American Conservative

Have We Reached Peak Latin Mass?

Monsignor Charles Pope writes that the Traditional Latin Mass (which he supports) is a boutique phenomenon among American Catholics, and looks likely to stay that way: Some years ago (as far back at ...
National Catholic Register

Agatha Christie Letter 2.0: The Traditional Latin Mass as a Cultural, as Well as Liturgical, Treasure

Among traditionalist Catholics in England, the “Agatha Christie” letter is a touchstone of memory, revered as one might an Elizabethan-era maniple preserved in a recusant house. So it is unsurprising ...
National Catholic Register

What Draws Parishioners to the Traditional Latin Mass?

Several advocates of the extraordinary form of Mass discuss the good fruits they say come from its continued liturgical practice. Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage Mass with Cardinal Raymond Burke ...
America Magazine

As a deaf Catholic, the Latin Mass gives me equal access to the liturgy

Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass on July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City (CNS ...
Chicago Tribune

Vintage Chicago Tribune: For some Catholics, Latin Mass still an emotional magnet

A theological battle was recently resumed in Chicago, 500 years after it was fought in Europe. Like Martin Luther’s challenge to the 16th century papacy, the opening salvo of the rerun was marked by a ...