Traditional Latin Mass

Definitions

1. The form of the Roman Rite Mass that was general before the Second Vatican Council, celebrated in the Latin language and now typically according to texts promulgated in 1962 (the Extraordinary Form).
2. A Mass celebrated in this form.

Examples

“Then, on July 7, 2007, Benedict XVI promulgated his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, generally liberating the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass.”

“In one case, in August 2022, one particular Chicago parish which typically celebrated Traditional Latin Masses, stated that they would suspend all public Masses because they would not adhere to Pope Francis’s new guidelines on the subject.”

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