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Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, addresses the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on September 8, 2021.

Cardinal Gregory restricts Traditional Latin Masses to three locations in DC archdiocese

Jul 22, 2022

By Courtney Mares, Shannon Mullen, Joe Bukuras

The new policy also requires priests to seek permission to say Mass "ad orientem." Read more

Father Terrence M. Keehan, pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness, Illinois, using a guitar to give the final blessing at a Mass livestreamed on Feb. 13, 2022.

You saw the guitar blessing? There was more to that Mass that you missed

Feb 23, 2022

By Joe Bukuras, Shannon Mullen

A tweeted video clip of a priest using a guitar to bless the congregation at the end of Mass sparked... Read more

Some say the theatrical presentation of the Christmas Eve Mass at St. Sabina Church in Chicago went too far.

Uproar over Chicago Mass: Did this Christmas Eve liturgy go too far?

Dec 30, 2021

By Shannon Mullen

Some Catholics believe the live streamed Christmas Eve liturgy at St. Sabina Church in Chicago, which featured a jazz band,... Read more

Pope Francis washes the feet of inmates at Rebibbia Prison in Rome, during the Mass of Holy Thursday, April 2, 2015.

Pope Francis' Holy Thursday Mass will be at a prison

Mar 20, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Continuing his custom of saying Holy Thursday Mass outside a sacred place, Pope Francis this year will visit one of... Read more