Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and climate change.

The Mass, along with other steps, show Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Catholic Church building on the environmental commitment of ...

A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care ...

Is compromise possible that can respect both unity and diversity in the church? After the Second Vatican Council, the liturgy was translated from Latin into the vernacular so ordinary people could ...

Traditionalist Catholics have urged Pope Leo XIV to ease his predecessor's restrictions on the Latin Mass, insisting the move was based on misunderstandings and is hampering a Western Church revival.

Cardinal Sarah’s record does fuel conservative enthusiasm. He has defended the Latin Mass, denounced same-sex blessings and warned about secularism, migration and Islam in the West.

What People Are Saying Cardinal Robert Sarah told The Catholic Herald in 2019: "As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West! The barbarians are already inside the city.

Sarah remains an influential figure among conservative Catholics, frequently speaking and writing on matters of doctrine.

Guinean cardinal Robert Sarah attends a prayer at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Victories in Dakar on December 4, 2023. Pope Francis, who led the Catholic Church for over a decade and was known for ...