WASHINGTON — In an essay published on First Things on Wednesday, July 21st, George Weigel described Pope Francis motu proprio Traditionis Custodes as “theologically incoherent, pastorally divisive, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Where there is incense, there is fire, at least when it comes to Catholics clashing over the liturgy. There was clashing aplenty today, with Pope Francis abolishing the chief liturgical initiative of ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Monday changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and acolytes. In the motu proprio “Spiritus Domini,” issued on Jan. 11, the pope changed ...

“If we truly believe that the Eucharist is really the ‘source and summit of Christian life’ – as the Second Vatican Council reminds us — we cannot admit that it is celebrated in an unworthy manner.

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 ...

Catholics will mark on June 20 the one-year anniversary of the shocking revelations surrounding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Particularly for Catholics in the United States, that scandal raised ...