For the past 40 years, ever since the new rite of the Mass, the Novus Ordo, was introduced after the Second Vatican Council with the First Latin Typical Edition of the Roman Missal, we have used ...

Pope Francis may visit Corsica for a December 14-15 conference organized by the Diocese of Ajaccio. He would be the first ...

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent ...

How should you greet a pope? For centuries, it was Catholic tradition to kiss the papal foot. Nowadays, many faithful choose to bow and kiss the papal ring. Conservative Catholics, who routinely ...

Pope Benedict XVI has described the problem this ... Because I believe that in this new edition of the Missal, the Church is trying to reassert the continuity of the Novus Ordo with the ancient ...

The Vatican tribunal says it convicted a cardinal of aggravated fraud and other charges because of his “objectively inexplicable behavior” in paying a self-styled intelligence analyst more ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

The name of the pilgrimage is the same as Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter, which made it possible for almost any ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols says the idea of a burning Hell is not part of Catholic teaching (pic shows Pope Francis) The Vatican has denied that Pope Francis told a well-known Italian journalist ...

indicate that priests and deacons should use the liturgical books from prior to the reform of the Second Vatican Council, the community’s members “recognize the validity of the current missal ...

For centuries, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at the Vatican in private gatherings known as conclaves. Much secrecy surrounds this conclave and its historic vote ...

Pope told investigators that he was incredulous ... according to a 92-page report by Inspector General Michael Missal’s office, obtained by The Washington Post ahead of its public release ...