Bishop Michael Martin also said that if the Vatican changes required restrictions of the TLM, the North Carolina diocese ...

A leaked draft document on revising liturgical norms in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, has stirred backlash for ...

The Diocese of Charlotte’s liturgical norms have not been updated since they were issued in 2005 by Bishop Peter J. Jugis, ...

These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense ... The 16th century church, built over the traditional tomb of the apostle St. Peter, is one of the largest ...

Procession with cardinals and Latin chants Trump ... repeated applause – a traditional Italian sign of respect at such events. “He’s like a member of the family. Somebody very close to our hearts, ...

Crowds pour in to St. Peter's Basilica to pay final respects Procession with cardinals and Latin chants ... and into the hushed interior of the ornate, cavernous church. Francis, who had only ...

not the traditional papal burial site in St. Peter’s Basilica or its grotto. The burial marks the beginning of a nine-day period of official mourning known as ‘Novemdiales’. The Pope’s personal ...

Francis steadily steered the church ... s traditional feeder cities, like Philadelphia, he chose cardinals from nations with increasingly popular Pentecostal and evangelical movements in Latin ...

Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in ...

Pope Francis, who rose from modest means in Argentina to become the first Jesuit and Latin American ... his less than traditional leadership style and accused him of diluting church teachings.

The first Latin American and ... instead of the traditional papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace. He continually emphasized the need for a Church that “goes out of herself to evangelize ...