One of Pope Francis’ most controversial moves was to restrict the use of the ancient Latin Mass; he said he did this to promote unity among the Catholic Church.

By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham reports on religion and last wrote about the Traditional Latin Mass in Detroit in 2022. She spent almost eight hours at Mass in two days for this article. About 140 ...

“For the love of the pope. For peace and unity of the church. For the free practice of the traditional Latin Mass,” the posters read. A poster with a photograph of late pope Benedict XVI and ...