Pope Francis and the Tridentine Mass

by Douglas Farrow

Pope Francis seems to have weaponized the Latin Mass in the very act of suppressing it. Continue Reading »

18 Jul 2021

Summorum Pontificum, Seven Years On

by Nicholas Frankovich

Seven years ago this week, Pope Benedict XVI promulgated the apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, liberalizing use of the 1962 missal and affirming the continuity between it and the ordinary form of Mass. He stressed the seamlessness of the Roman rite in its two forms, the old and the new. In principle, the traditional Latin Mass does not divide the Church, he insisted, in response to the spectacle of Catholics dividing themselves over it, each side accusing the other of being divisive. Continue Reading »

9 Jul 2014