On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel.

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics -- he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.

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 ...

The rare version of Christianity heading toward extinction - Hidden Christians are dying out, and there is growing certainty ...

Packs of pilgrims chant and sing as they carry large ... “We are in need of prayer — much prayer — from all the people of God.” The conclave is unique, straddling the ley lines of religion ...

To the sounds of bell tolls and Latin chants, Pope Francis ... The late pontiff's hands are folded in prayer, holding a rosary. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The choir chanted Psalms, the Kyrie ...

The Catholic ... in Latin, but few did.) Traditionalists typically explained their attachment by emphasizing the beauty of the old Latin Mass, which is often accompanied by Gregorian chant or ...

“The greatest gift we can give to our students in a Benedictine School is the gift of prayer ... the new chant we would learn that week. She even used colored chalk for the initial at the beginning!

Roman Catholics, in my view, should have at least some exposure to Latin ... ancient prayers and traditional sacred music, like Gregorian chant. He merely cautions that traditionalists can ...

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 ...