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Timeline: Young Catholics and the Latin Mass

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2026

  1. Leo XIV receives Latin Mass researchers Cranney and Bullivant

    Pope Leo XIV met privately with sociologists Stephen Cranney and Stephen Bullivant, authors of a forthcoming Oxford University Press study of U.S. Latin Mass Catholics. The Holy See confirmed the audience without describing its content.

    SourcesPope Leo XIV meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in US (OSV News)Pope Leo XIV meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in US (America (OSV News))Pope Leo XIV meets with authors of book on Latin Mass in US (The Pilot (Boston))

2025

  1. Paris–Chartres pilgrimage ends with record 19,000 participants

    The 43rd traditional-rite Pentecost pilgrimage organised by Notre-Dame de Chrétienté closed with Mass in Chartres Cathedral; CNA reported 19,000 participants, the most in its history, amid Vatican scrutiny of its liturgical arrangements.

    SourcesChartres Pilgrimage Draws 19,000 in Show of Faith and Tradition (National Catholic Register (CNA))Record 19,000 young Catholics to walk Paris-Chartres pilgrimage amid Vatican… (Catholic World Report (CNA))

2024

  1. WBUR's Endless Thread examines "Trad Cath" TikTok

    Public radio station WBUR's Endless Thread podcast examined traditionalist Catholic content on TikTok, arguing that its appeal rests heavily on mood and visual style. WBUR's Here & Now followed with a segment on the rise of "Trad Caths" on TikTok in November 2024.

    SourcesTikTok Catholicism: Beneath the veil of the internet's 'Trad Caths' (WBUR (Endless Thread))The rise of 'Trad Caths' on TikTok (WBUR (Here & Now))