Latin Mass restrictions spark debate, but liturgy tensions go beyond language. Critics say tradition’s being stifled. Church ...

So far, Pope Leo XIV has not addressed ongoing debates about restrictions on use of the Tridentine Mass, often called the “traditional Latin Mass.” Bishops around the world have been pulled into these ...

A group of young Catholics attend Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. The members of the Catholic ...

The ceremony, with Gregorian chants and Latin verses reverberating through ... Accompanying the Mass were the sober melodies of Gregorian chants, sung by the pope’s personal choir.

The rites, formed around the Requiem Mass, incorporate liturgical music, including sublime Gregorian chant, hymns and sacred polyphony, sung in Latin. In the order of service, the psalms are all ...

To this day, Gregorian chant remains at the bedrock of the Latin mass, as well as the development of Western music overall. After the organist’s prelude and a hymn for the whole congregation ...

Traditionalists typically explained their attachment by emphasizing the beauty of the old Latin Mass, which is often accompanied by Gregorian chant or polyphony, and its connection to the Church ...

A rampant wildfire on Saturday destroyed The Holy Spirit Catholic Mission in Washoe Valley, Nevada, which held the only Latin Mass in ... who are known for their Gregorian chant, have been taken ...

The Latin Mass and a traditional Gregorian chant with a full choir attracts devout Catholics week after week. Bedoy said the church became a stopping point for people high up in the Catholic ...

The priest in a Traditional Latin Mass faces East, toward God, and with his back to the massgoers. Photo by Max Limpag/Rappler GREGORIAN CHANTS. Music is important in a Latin mass and many parts ...

In that Latin Mass, Fulache said she realized that she ... Aside from the use of Ecclesiastical Latin, the constant kneeling, Gregorian chants, the ad orientem posture of the priest with his ...