The Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth.

We should pray for the conversion of many people, in and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

Pope Leo XIV is praying for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor.” He ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and "hear the cry of the poor," as he celebrated the first papal Mass using a new set of prayers and readings ...

A prominent Latin Mass supporter said areas of the church that had preserved "the traditional liturgy and faith" were witnessing an upsurge in vocations.

The Charlotte bishop, appointed by Francis in 2024, stated his opposition to Latin prayers, Gregorian chant, many traditional vestments and "ad orientem" Masses in which priests do not face the ...

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics -- he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

On the issue of Latin prayers and hymns, Martin's critics have noted that 2007 guidelines from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops state that "care should be taken to foster the role of Latin in ...

Mass in the early ’60s was said in Latin. My older brothers, both altar boys and now in their seventies, can still (proudly) recite tracts of it.

The Latin Mass attendees I spoke with say their congregations have some vocal critics of Vatican II and the modern Church, but they insist that such people are not representative.

“The Latin Mass really draws me into a spirit of prayer,” said Ashley Anduiza, a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Miami. Comparing leaving the Mass to a retreat, Anduiza said ...