Latin Mass and the Roman Catholic Church. Published Jun 18, 2008 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 7:46 PM EST. By George Weigel . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member. FOLLOW. news article.

VATICAN CITY — Fifty years after the traditional Latin Mass was abandoned by the Roman Catholic Church, it is making a comeback. The Second Vatican Council ruled a half-century ago this month ...

A new Vatican document instructs bishops around the world to reintroduce the old Latin mass abandoned in the late 1960s if traditionalist Catholics in their areas request it.

But the controversy shouldn’t be framed as a debate about Latin (the post-1970 new Mass can be celebrated in that language), aesthetics or a Catholic generation gap. The important debate is ...

Four decades ago, Gary Velder and some like-minded Roman Catholics would gather in motel rooms to experience Mass their preferred way: in Latin. Until the 1960s, all Roman Catholic Masses were in ...

Pope Francis has cracked down on the celebration of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Benedict XVI’s signature decisions. Pope Francis reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass - Los Angeles Times ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. To the editor: In the recent article about the Rev. Steven Soos, a member of the traditionalist Catholic Society of St. Pius ...

Since 2004, the church at 6401 S. Woodlawn Ave. had celebrated the Mass in Latin. So, too, did other Roman Catholic churches from 1570 to 1962, when the Second Vatican Council decreed that masses ...

A Mass celebrated in Latin by a priest facing the altar and away from congregants was the rule of the day in the Roman Catholic Church until 1962, when the Second Vatican Council implemented ...

Prince of Peace Catholic Church, with more than 2,000 families as members, is among a handful of churches nationwide to celebrate a daily noon Latin Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman ...

EWTN News, Inc. is the world’s largest Catholic news organization, ... which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass using the Roman Missal of 1962. What is the Traditional Latin Mass?

STAMFORD -- This Saturday marks the return of the Tridentine, Latin, mass back into the Roman Catholic Church after it almost faded from the memories of many Catholics. Among those who are ...