In the Catholic Church, preconciliar Latin liturgical rites coexist with postconciliar rites. In the years following the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI initiated significant changes to Catholic
Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal by a priest of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2017
The preconciliar (background) and postconciliar (foreground) altars of the Manila Cathedral.
A celebration of the preconciliar Dominican Rite Mass at Holy Cross Priory, Leicester, United Kingdom
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Summorum Pontificum
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Summorum Pontificum Cura is an Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI decreed on 7 July 2007.
A pre-1969 Roman Rite altar with reredos. A main altar was usually preceded by three steps, below which were said the prayers at the foot of the altar. Side altars usually had only one step.
Low Mass celebrated at the Chapel of the Dawn Gate in Wilno (Vilnius). Interior in 1864.
Assisted mass by missal 1962 (Prague)
Pope Benedict XVI, Berlin – 2011 cropped