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.

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

Missa Laudato Si’’ incorporates the late Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ encyclical and other environmental texts in a musical reflection on climate change.

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.

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 ...

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’s ...

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 ...

Every day, these monks sing the entire liturgy during mass in both Latin and English in Gregorian chant. It’s secondary to them, as natural as breathing in air. The monks face one another and ...