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Vatican office clarifies rules for transferred holy days of obligation

Vatican office clarifies rules for transferred holy days of obligation

Catholic News Service · January 29, 2025

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to attend Mass, but they are not obliged to do so, the Vatican said.
‘Let the skies pour down righteousness’

‘Let the skies pour down righteousness’

Anna Farrow · December 18, 2024

Rorate Mass celebrated at a Montreal parish continues age old liturgical tradition
Like British peers, prominent US figures ask pope not to further restrict traditional Mass

Like British peers, prominent US figures ask pope not to further restrict traditional Mass

Jonathan Luxmoore · July 17, 2024

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter July 15 not to further restrict the traditional Latin Mass.