INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — A mile from the main events of the National Eucharistic Congress on Thursday (July 18) afternoon, Catholic after Catholic knelt on the hot surface of an overflow parking lot of Holy Rosary Catholic Church as they received Communion during a Mass said in Latin, as it was before the modernizing changes of the Second Vatican Council. Holy Rosary, walking distance from Lucas Oil Stadium, the hub for the U.S. bishops’ evangelization mega-event that continues through Sunday, is one of only two parishes in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis where the Mass is offered according to the 1962 Missal, often colloquially known as the traditional Latin Mass.
In his 2021 directive “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of Tradition”), Pope Francis limited the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass to designated parishes and took measures to stop the Mass from being celebrated by new priests or parishes out of concern that the traditional Latin Mass ran counter to the spirit and reforms of Vatican II and caused division in the church.
Despite those restrictions, hundreds of Catholics came out to the first of two traditional Latin Masses offered at the National Eucharistic Congress, which will also feature four Masses in English, three Masses in Spanish and for youth, a Mass in Vietnamese and three separate Eastern Rite liturgies.
They filled Holy Rosary, which has a capacity of about 350, spilling …
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In his 2021 directive “Traditionis Custodes” (“Guardians of Tradition”), Pope Francis limited the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass to designated parishes and took measures to stop the Mass from being celebrated by new priests or parishes out of concern that the traditional Latin Mass ran counter to the spirit and reforms of Vatican II and caused division in the church.
Despite those restrictions, hundreds of Catholics came out to the first of two traditional Latin Masses offered at the National Eucharistic Congress, which will also feature four Masses in English, three Masses in Spanish and for youth, a Mass in Vietnamese and three separate Eastern Rite liturgies.
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