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Ethnic Diversity and the Latin Mass

10/18/2021 at 8:58 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Joseph Shaw, PhD, One Peter Five, October 11, 2021 In a recent article in the Illinois Times, Massimo Faggioli, a theology professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, is quoted as follows, of a specific Traditional Mass location: It’s not an accident that all of... read more

Faithful Laity: We Will Never Give Up the Latin Mass

10/12/2021 at 11:13 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Felipe Alanís Suarez. One Peter Five, October 12, 2021 [Editor’s note: beyond theological debates, beauty can communicate to the hearts of all why we will never give up the Latin Mass. Please share these videos, subscribe to Una Voce’s channel, and bookmark their website to join the... read more

In new interview, Pope speaks about Afghanistan, Latin Mass, and Vatican corruption trial

09/01/2021 at 5:49 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Inés San Martín, Crux, September 1, 2021|ROME – In the latest wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis speaks about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, his health and resignation rumors, the Vatican’s corruption trial against several people including one of his former closest advisers,... read more

Bishop Paprocki Discusses ‘Traditionis Custodes’: Liturgical Unity Doesn’t Mean Liturgical Uniformity

08/14/2021 at 3:31 PM By Kevin Edward White

The shepherd of Springfield, Illinois, who last month issued canonical dispensations for devotees of the traditional Latin Mass, said Pope Francis’ motu proprio doesn’t suppress the extraordinary form, as some claim. By Joan Frawley Desmond, National Catholic Register, August 4,... read more

Pope Francis Is Tearing the Catholic Church Apart

08/12/2021 at 6:37 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Michael Brendan Dougherty, Nw York Times, August 12, 2021 Mr. Dougherty, a senior writer at National Review, has written extensively about faith and the Roman Catholic Church. In the summer of 2001, I drove up to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to find what we called “the traditional Latin Mass,”... read more

Bishop Paprocki: “The problem has not been solved, but tensions have been heightened.”

07/28/2021 at 10:34 AM By Kevin Edward White

“It is a mistaken notion that those who attend [the Traditional Latin Mass] are merely nostalgic; that has not been my experience at all…” says the Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois. “Anyone who thinks that when the older generation dies off that the Latin Mass will fade away... read more

Liberal Authoritarianism and the Traditional Latin Mass

07/25/2021 at 8:00 PM By Kevin Edward White

by George Weigel, First Things, July 21, 2021 Let me begin by defining my location in the Liturgy Wars. I am a Novus Ordo man. I don’t agree that the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 entombed the Roman Rite in ecclesiastical amber, such that it forever remains (as one... read more

Pope Francis and the Latin Mass: A Mistake?

07/23/2021 at 9:57 AM By Kevin Edward White

By David Deavel, Imaginative Conservative, July 22, 2021 Pope Francis’ new restrictions on the celebration of the “Old Mass” are made in the name of the “concord and unity” of the Church. But the pope’s move is much more likely to steel the resolve of those who make the argument... read more

Let’s Study the Impact of the Traditional Latin Mass

07/21/2021 at 2:59 PM By Kevin Edward White

The U.S. bishops will likely discover considerable evidence that proliferation of traditional Latin Masses has been largely a unifying force in the Church — worshippers have been brought into the parishes where youthful zeal is having a noticeable impact. By Janel Smith, National Catholic... read more

Is This What the Church Needs Just Now?

07/20/2021 at 1:40 PM By Kevin Edward White

Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Catholic Thing, July 20, 2021 [Note: We continue today with additional, much-needed commentary on ‘Traditionis Custodes,’ the pope’s recent motu proprio limiting the celebration of the Extraordinary Form of the Traditional Latin Mass. (Available on the Vatican... read more

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis’ ‘harsh’ response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

07/20/2021 at 12:26 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency, July 19, 2021 The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has critiqued Pope Francis’ recent restrictions on extraordinary form Masses as “harsh” compared to his modest response to the “massive attacks on the unity of the... read more

Latin Mass

Ethnic Diversity and the Latin Mass

Faithful Laity: We Will Never Give Up the Latin Mass

In new interview, Pope speaks about Afghanistan, Latin Mass, and Vatican corruption trial

Bishop Paprocki Discusses ‘Traditionis Custodes’: Liturgical Unity Doesn’t Mean Liturgical Uniformity

Pope Francis Is Tearing the Catholic Church Apart

Bishop Paprocki: “The problem has not been solved, but tensions have been heightened.”

Liberal Authoritarianism and the Traditional Latin Mass

Pope Francis and the Latin Mass: A Mistake?

Let’s Study the Impact of the Traditional Latin Mass

Is This What the Church Needs Just Now?

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis’ ‘harsh’ response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

The nine questions that sealed the fate of the Latin Mass

Bishops issue guidance in response to Pope Francis’ document on the Traditional Latin Mass

The Pope’s merciless war against the Old Rite

BREAKING: Boston Archdiocese issues statement on ‘Traditionis Custodes’

Pope Francis’ Traditionis Custodes: Five Consequences of the New Motu Proprio Curtailing the Latin Mass

What Draws Parishioners to the Traditional Latin Mass?

Of McCarrick, Jesuits, and Summorum Pontificum

Irrelevant Mass or Reverent Mass?

Pope Francis Sets His Sights on the Latin Mass