The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Behind the limitations on the Latin Mass decided four years ago by Pope Francis, there would be a kind of conspiracy. It was ...

A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope ...

Reported Vatican leak undermines Pope Francis and inflames debate over Latin Mass - The leak, if confirmed, could place ...

Recently leaked documents seem to contradict Pope Francis’ decision to restrict the Latin Mass, suggesting a majority of ...

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in ...

Francis’ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had relaxed restrictions on the old Latin Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, in 2007. It was a move seen as reflective of a shift toward ...

One of Pope Francis’ most controversial moves was to restrict the use of the ancient Latin Mass; he said he did this to promote unity among the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...

Pope Francis cracked down Friday on the spread of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI’s signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics who immediately ...

Pope Francis referred to the old Mass as divisive, and some of his other comments stung traditionalists: his reference to large families who have children “like rabbits,” his comments to ...

A guide to what the Latin Mass is, why Pope Francis has reimposed restrictions on the pre-Vatican II service, and how the move has angered Catholic traditionalists such as Michael Brendan ...