Catholic Church

By Nicole Winfield, Religion News Service - Fans of the old Latin Mass have descended on Rome for their annual pilgrimage, facing indifference to their cause, if not outright resistance, from none other than Pope Francis... Ten years after Pope Benedict XVI passed a law allowing greater use of the Latin Mass, Francis seems to be doing everything possible to roll that back or simply pretend it never happened.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - As human beings we are very visual; there is a certain demand of our flesh to see on its own terms. But of course God, who is pure spirit, will not be seen in this way... How can the human eye perceive what is spiritual? 

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - Sadly, in the turmoil of a secularizing Western culture, which exploded publicly at long last beginning in the 1960s, there were many abuses as the liturgical pendulum swung past a reasonable point of balance. Pope Benedict XVI stressed this problem when he gave broad permission for use of the Extraordinary Form in 2007.

By Staff Reporter, Catholic Herald - 'They are neither nostalgic nor embittered nor encumbered by the ecclesiastical battles of recent decades'.. Cardinal Robert Sarah has praised young Catholics who prefer the older form of the Roman Rite, saying he can “personally testify to the sincerity and devotion of these young men and women”.