Why does the Catholic Church have both the Traditional Latin Mass and the modern form of the Mass—and how should you explain the difference without getting pulled into “liturgy wars”? In this episode ...

Jesus spent his life in the Roman province of Judaea, where four languages were in use: Latin, Koine Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew. Latin was the official language of Rome used by politicians, ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With incense wafting to an elevated pulpit and 13 altar boys looking on, the priest at the Church of Saint Agnes preached about merging old Catholic customs with fidelity to the ...

As restrictions take effect, families in Tryon grieve the loss of a cherished liturgy that shaped their faith and community life. Father Matthew Buettner offers the traditional Latin Mass at St. John ...

ROME — Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a Roman Catholic Mass in Latin. A ...

(ZENIT News / Rome, 06.22.2026).- While many Western dioceses continue to struggle with declining vocations, recent developments on both sides of the Atlantic suggest that a distinct current within ...

Each Sunday, as Alfred DuBois settles into the pews of Sacred Heart in Clifton and begins singing the traditional Latin hymns, he feels a sense of peace wash over him. "A Latin Mass is more spiritual ...

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, stand at the end of their ...

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.28.2025).- On October 25, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke — a man both venerated and vilified in recent Vatican memory — stood once again at the altar of the Chair of St.

(RNS) — “Paris is well worth a Mass” was reportedly the attitude of King Henry IV when he was trying to secure the French throne. As a result, he converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1593.

Participants in the annual Latin Mass pilgrimage from London to Walsingham walk through the English countryside Aug. 30, 2026, joining a growing movement of Catholics drawn to traditional forms of ...