(RNS) — “Paris is well worth a Mass” was reportedly the attitude of King Henry IV when he was trying to secure the French throne. As a result, he converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1593.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With incense wafting to an elevated pulpit and 13 altar boys looking on, the priest at the Church of Saint Agnes preached about merging old Catholic customs with fidelity to the ...

Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, stand at the end of their ...

(RNS) — Every week, Bill Guelker, 78, travels 30 miles each way to attend an older Latin Mass celebrated in the woods by a retired priest. Before “Traditionis custodes,” the 2021 guidance from Pope ...

ROME — Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a Roman Catholic Mass in Latin. A ...

Each Sunday, as Alfred DuBois settles into the pews of Sacred Heart in Clifton and begins singing the traditional Latin hymns, he feels a sense of peace wash over him. "A Latin Mass is more spiritual ...

(RNS) — Many of the 2% of U.S. Catholics who attend the traditional Latin Mass weekly surmount considerable obstacles, like long drives and disapproval from the Catholic hierarchy, to attend. (RNS) — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, processes into the sanctuary with altar servers at the start of one of ...