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Is the Traditional Latin Mass Booming? by Stephen P. White – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Is the Traditional Latin Mass Booming? by Stephen P. White

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Missa_tridentina.. Elevation of the chalice after the consecration during a Solemn Mass celebrated by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter [image via Wikipedia]

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing, June 26, 2025

Stephen P. White is executive director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America and a fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Note: Be sure to tune in tonight – Thursday, June 26th at 8 PM Eastern – to EWTN for a new episode of the Prayerful Posse on ‘The World Over.’ TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal and contributor Fr. Gerald E. Murray will join host Raymond Arroyo to discuss Leo XIV’s episcopal appointments, the pope’s comments on natural law, his support for priests and seminarians, and Leo’s restatement of priestly celibacy. Check your local listings for the channel in your area. Shows are usually available shortly after first airing on the EWTN YouTube channel.

The Pew Research Center (I served in an advisory capacity ) has a new report out that looks at Catholic life in the United States. The primary takeaway from the report is that nearly half (47%) of American adults have a significant connection to Catholicism. One in five (20%) Americans identify as Catholic. An additional 9% of Americans say they are culturally but not religiously Catholic. An equal number (9%) say they are former Catholics. And 9% have a Catholic parent, spouse, or partner – or say they sometimes attend Catholic Mass.

In actual numbers, this means that something like 53,000,000 American adults are Catholic and an additional 71,500,000 are connected to Catholicism in one of the aforementioned ways. Now, having a “connection to Catholicism” is not the same as being Catholic. And “being Catholic” is not the same as “practicing the faith.” But the reason the Pew report highlights the connections to Catholicism is simply that Catholicism has an outsized influence on the rest of American society. …

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