One of Pope Francis’ most controversial moves was to restrict the use of the ancient Latin Mass; he said he did this to promote unity among the Catholic Church.

The Mass represents a shift in the Catholic Church, which performed Masses in Latin – also known as Tridentine Masses – until 1970. At that point, the Vatican decided to begin translating the ...

Bishop Dónal Mac Keown claims these services are being carried out by an ultra-conservative splinter group of the Society of ...

It seems that the precondition for liking the Latin Mass is found in a recessive allele ... the entire Catholic world was subject to that Tridentine peculiarity. Ditch diggers and policemen ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, aroused both fervour and fury within the Church with reforms aimed at opening the ...