Discerning the Lex Orandi

By Rita Ferrone | November 17, 2021

Pope Francis continues to face criticism over his restrictions on the “old Latin Mass.” But this issue is about much more than folk guitars or chapel veils. The reform of the liturgy has a serious theological agenda.

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Latin Mass Hysteria

By David Gibson | July 21, 2021

The outcry over Pope Francis’s move to curb the divisive use of the Tridentine Mass in Latin stands in inverse proportion to the popularity of the old rite. This is a splinter, not a schism. You wouldn’t know that from the coverage of this controversy.

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