Vatican updates norms on donations for special Mass intentions to allow ‘collective’ celebrations

Vatican updates norms on donations for special Mass intentions to allow ‘collective’ celebrations

Catholic faithful do not “buy” Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person’s loved one or other special intention he must do so, the Vatican said.

Revolution for “mass intentions” or the offerings paid by the faithful for services in memory of their dead. Here are the new rules

From Easter 2025, new rules will apply in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis takes action against the abuse of donations and threatens with sanctions.

In force since Easter, a decree of the Dicastery of the Clergy curbs the possibility of accumulating intentions without warning the faithful or withholding all donations...

Vatican updates rules for Mass intentions, permits collective offerings under strict conditions

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s B... [...]

Vatican permits collective Mass intentions in new decree updating 34-year-old norms

Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for Korean Catholics before the statue of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn was blessed by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, on Sept. 16, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA CNA Newsroom, Apr 13, 2025 / 14:50 pm (CNA). The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy issued a decree updating the Church’s norms governing Mass intentions an…