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Adoration. / Thoom / Shutterstock.Denver Newsroom, Apr 6, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified?Its true, and the song is "Tantum Ergo."First, some background. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints to remove all the temporal punishment due to sin.What does this mean?"An indulgence does not confer gra...

Priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass at the church of St Pancratius, Rome / Thoom/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Feb 27, 2023 / 17:28 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Albany, New York, has at least temporarily banned the Traditional Latin Mass at two parishes to comply with an order issued by the Vatican last week. Effective immediately, parish churches in the diocese are prohibited from celebrating the Latin Mass in accordance with the "Missale Romanum" of 1962, according to a statement...

Priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass at the church of St Pancratius, Rome / Thoom/ShutterstockWashington D.C., Feb 27, 2023 / 17:28 pm (CNA).The Diocese of Albany, New York, has at least temporarily banned the Traditional Latin Mass at two parishes to comply with an order issued by the Vatican last week. Effective immediately, parish churches in the diocese are prohibited from celebrating the Latin Mass in accordance with the "Missale Romanum" of 1962, according to a statement...

Adoration of the Most Holy Eucharist. / Thoom/ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Nov 24, 2022 / 11:00 am (CNA).What can the Maronite Catholic Church offer to aid the U.S. bishops Eucharistic Revival that is currently underway in the United States?The two Maronite bishops in the United States say the answer is the Maronite liturgy, with its deep reverence and focus on Jesus Christ, truly present in the Eucharist.The U.S. bishops National Eucharistic Revival, a three-year initiative by the U.S. bisho...

A priest celebrates the traditional Latin Mass at the Basilica of St. Pancras in Rome. / Thoom/ShutterstockVatican City, Mar 28, 2022 / 04:20 am (CNA).The Vatican has corrected a paragraph in its new constitution which it said erroneously referred to the Traditional Latin Mass as the "extraordinary form of the Roman Rite."Journalist Diane Montagna reported on March 24 that the constitutions wording had been changed in the Italian text on the Vaticans website.When Praedicate evangelium ...

Priest celebrating the traditional Latin Mass at the church of St Pancratius, Rome / Thoom/ShutterstockVatican City, Dec 18, 2021 / 04:36 am (CNA).The Vatican issued Saturday further strict guidelines on the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass, in response to questions about the motu proprio Traditionis custodes.The explanatory document, which bans confirmations and ordinations according to pre-Vatican II Roman Missals, was published Dec. 18 with Pope Francis approval, the Vaticans liturgy...