In the motu proprio, issued July 16, the Pope made sweeping changes to his predecessor Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass ...
Where there is incense, there is fire, at least when it comes to Catholics clashing over the liturgy. There was clashing aplenty today, with Pope Francis abolishing the chief liturgical initiative of ...
The Vatican took an enormously large step towards completing the Catholic church's assault on the scourge of sexual abuse by clergy on Saturday when Pope Francis issued his motu proprio entitled "Come ...
More U.S. bishops have issued guidance on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass in their dioceses, following a papal document that on Friday imposed restrictions on the use of traditional ...
Pope Francis issued a motu proprio on Friday restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. The motu proprio, known as Traditionis custodes (“Guardians of the tradition”) ...