Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass

Why Did Pope Francis Restrict the Latin Mass?

Many of the actions of the late Pope Francis, no matter their intention, caused division, confusion, and pain amongst Catholics, especially those most immersed in the traditional teachings and customs of the Catholic Church. One of the most glaring examples of this division, confusion, and pain came in the form of Traditionis custodes. In 2021, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio heavily restricting the celebration of the vetus ordo — the form of…

Will Pope Leo End Restrictions on Latin Mass?

The late Pope Francis' 2021 decree limiting the Roman Catholic Church's celebration of its traditional Latin Mass was largely based, the pontiff said at the time, on a survey of the church's bishops claiming the Mass, known as the TLM, was divisive and creating problems within Catholicism. Now, it turns out that claim of Francis' was completely untrue. The revelation of Vatican documents showed that a majority of bishops in fact supported the 20…

Vatican downplays leaked documents on Latin Mass

The Confiteor at a Traditional Latin Mass. / Credit: James Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jul 3, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appe... [...]

Vatican says documents on Latin Mass assessment ‘incomplete’

Without verifying their authenticity, the director of the Holy See Press Office said that a series of documents purporting to reveal bishops' input into Pope Francis' decision to restrict celebrations of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass are "incomplete."

Detroit Catholics pray for end to Latin Mass crackdown

The prayerful Saturday protest follows a decision by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ban the Latin Mass at all but four churches in the archdiocese.