VATICAN CITY -- It was one of the most radical reforms to emerge from the Second Vatican Council. The Mass, root of Roman Catholic worship, would be celebrated in the local language and not in Latin.

After months of intense speculation, Pope Benedict XVI has eased restrictions on the Catholic Church’s traditional Latin Mass — a move that could raise controversy both within the Church, and in its ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday removed restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass, reviving a rite that was all but swept away by the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) – It was one of the most radical reforms to emerge from the Second Vatican Council. The Mass, root of Roman Catholic worship, would be celebrated in the vernacular and not in Latin.

Catholics and even non-Catholics around the world have recently been imploring Pope Francis to refrain from implementing a rumored ban on the Tridentine Mass, also known as the traditional Latin Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV recites the Angelus after Mass for the canonization of seven new saints in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 19, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez I don’t envy Pope Leo XIV as he ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke pose for a photo in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Aug. 22, 2025. While the Vatican press office announced that the two met, it ...