It’s the kind of Catholic Mass your grandparents might remember: The liturgy is spoken in Latin, the choir sings Gregorian chants and women wear chapel veils, or “mantillas.” But, this Traditional ...

Reading Matthew Walther’s “The Latin Mass Lives On” (Houses of Worship, Aug. 29) brought back memories of my own history in the church. Since 1956 I have led choirs, directed music and listened to ...

After months of intense speculation, Pope Benedict XVI has eased restrictions on the Catholic Church’s traditional Latin Mass — a move that could raise controversy both within the Church, and in its ...

A new place of worship for some Catholics in Bakersfield was ceremonially blessed just minutes before the first Mass was celebrated inside its walls Tuesday morning. But unlike most Roman Catholic ...