In the Latin Mass, the congregation is largely silent, with the exception of singing hymns. Lay participation takes the form of prayer and meditation. • The Latin Mass uses a Communion rail ...

Praying all the time exhausts me. Even if it's normal ... appreciates "the fervent Mass, with its beautiful hymns". But she insisted that "it's not a question of Latin". Stanislas, who grew ...

On those days, he would take us to St. Joseph’s in Toledo, where the Latin ... to me how the hymn came to dominate what the faithful sing — or don’t sing, in many parishes — at Mass.

and the status of the Latin Mass. It’s that last one that sticks out like a sore thumb. The last two papacies have found themselves partly consumed by the issue of the church’s form of worship ...

Francis explained that he decided to restrict the Latin Mass because he was concerned its use was leading to division in the Church. Francis said he felt the more ancient mass was "being used in ...

“A Latin Mass in small-town Wisconsin is the same as in London or New York,” Merkel told me. “It is always the same consoling home to return to.” Instead of seeing the Latin Mass as a ...

After the conclusion of Traditional Latin Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate ... and the dignity of the traditional liturgy attracts me,” Pastor Joseph Valentine said.

Many Roman Catholics also agree that there is too much Latin in the Mass; the Vatican is aswarm ... The Pope encouraged the use of good popular hymns in the vernacular at non-solemn liturgical ...

The Traditional Latin Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler and four other parishes will end Nov. 30, according to a letter sent to parishioners dated Nov. 6. The Cathedral ...

Cebu, the biggest Catholic territory in the Philippines, is one of a few dioceses that still allow the Traditional Latin Mass CEBU CITY, Philippines – On Sunday afternoons, a disembodied voice ...

Catholics and even non-Catholics around the world have recently been imploring Pope Francis to refrain from implementing a rumored ban on the Tridentine Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin ...