The decision provoked incomprehension and anger among part of the clergy and Catholics attached to the so-called “Tridentine” Mass – which is conducted entirely in Latin with the priest ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, aroused both fervor and fury within the Church with reforms aimed at opening the doors of a centuries-old institution to the modern-day ...

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor, ...

Traditionalist Catholics who embraced older forms of the liturgy were also curtailed in 2021, when Francis severely restricted the use of the Latin Tridentine Mass. Still, his approach to ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change.

In 2022 Francis reversed his predecessor’s most symbolic liturgical change: Benedict had in 2007 relaxed long-standing restrictions on the Tridentine Latin Mass beloved of Conservative Catholics.

Francis reimposed restrictions on celebrating the old Latin Mass that Benedict had relaxed, arguing the spread of the Tridentine Rite was divisive. The move riled Francis’ traditionalist critics ...