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a- Reports that the Italo-Argentinian Pope Francis is trying to crush the use of the Latin Mass reminds of the old question—old since Vatican II in 1962, but probably faced by the early Church, which is why there was a Latin Mass in the first place—in a multicultural country, which is the vernacular? Peter Skerry wrote for the Brookings Institute in in 2002 If your friends and colleagues are like mine, they tend to orient their domestic travel plans around cherished ethnic restaurants. So do I. But many carry their enthusiasm a step further, seeing the extraordinary variety and quality o...

Appealing to need for unity, Pope restores limits on Latin Mass Cardinal Walter Brandmuller elevates the Eucharist during a Tridentine-rite Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 15, 2011. CNS photo/Paul Haring Appealing to need for unity, Pope restores limits on Latin Mass By  Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service July 17, 2021 VATICAN CITY — Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Se...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here is the Vatican's official English translation of the letter Pope Francis sent July 16 to the world's bishops explaining his decision to restore some limits on the celebration of the Latin-rite Mass according to the pre-Vatican II Missal: Dear Brothers in the Episcopate, Just as my predecessor Benedict XVI did with "Summorum Pontificum," I wish to accompany the motu proprio "Traditionis Custodes" with a letter explaining the motives that prompted my decision. I turn to you with trust and "parresia," in the name of that shared "solicitude for the whole church, that co...

Vatican releases text of pope's letter on celebration of Mass The letter to the world's bishops explains his decision to restore some limits on the format of the Latin-rite Mass Updated: July 17, 2021 05:42 AM GMT Trending A postcard showing Pope Francis is displayed at a souvenir shop by St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on July 14. (Photo: AFP) Here is the Vatican's official English translation of the letter Pope Francis sent July 16 to the world's bishops explaining his decision to restore some limits on the celebration of the Latin-rite Mass according to the pre-Vatican II Missal: Dear Br...

Vatican City, Jun 22, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The cardinal in charge of St. Peter’s Basilica has clarified details of a ban on the celebration of private Masses in the upper part of the basilica. Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the new archpriest of the basilica, said June 22 that requests to celebrate, instead of concelebrate, early morning Masses at St. Peter’s by groups “with particular and legitimate needs” may be allowed. In March, the Secretariat of State posted a communication in the sacristy of St. Peter’s Basilica restricting the celebration of individual Masses at the basilica’s...