The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

which replaced the centuries-old Latin Mass in 1969. Taken together, the changes to the Mass, the Church calendar, and other features of Catholic liturgy constitute the most extensive alteration ...

Members of the Latin Mass societies, Carey said, requested the visit “to secure their access to the traditional rites and sacraments of the Catholic Church (and) is in response to the rigid ...

Francis said he was restricting use of the Latin Mass out of concern ... number of sweeping changes to Catholic ritual and practice — including allowing for Mass to be recited in the vernacular.