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 ...

(JTA) — Pope Francis has restricted the use of the Latin Mass ... a number of sweeping changes to Catholic ritual and practice — including allowing for Mass to be recited in the vernacular.

I recently met with a student, a young African-American Catholic ... in Latin, no longer a common language. The faithful were virtually silent; they “heard” or “assisted” at Mass.” ...

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 ...