In the motu proprio, issued July 16, the Pope made sweeping changes to his predecessor Benedict XVI’s 2007 apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which acknowledged the right of all priests to say Mass ...

The Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest in Hungary has clarified that the archbishop did not issue the statement on Traditionis Custodes that was attributed to him earlier on July 19. Cardinal Péter ...

The Vatican took an enormously large step towards completing the Catholic church's assault on the scourge of sexual abuse by clergy on Saturday when Pope Francis issued his motu proprio entitled "Come ...

It is thus considered as the most powerful body of Congress that can probe anything motu proprio. On the basis of motu proprio, (Latin for “on his own impulse”) only the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The duty to safeguard the unity of the Church, with the solicitude to offer everyone help in responding appropriately to this vocation and divine grace, is the ...

In all three instances, the pope’s teachings were issued motu proprio, a detail reported by Catholic journalists to underscore the significance of both moves. The Latin phrase certainly sounds weighty ...

“Giving one’s life is a new category in the beatification and canonisation process, different from the categories of martyrdom and heroic virtues”. This is what Pope Francis established in a specific ...

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio on Friday restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite. The motu proprio, known as Traditionis custodes (“Guardians of the tradition”) ...