The Confiteor at a Traditional Latin Mass. / Credit: James Bradley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Jul 3, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA). A Vatican spokesman has played down the significance of recently leaked Vatican documents that appear to cast doubt on Pope Francis’ rationale for restricting the Latin Mass, calling the documents “partial and incomplete.” The documents appear to show that bishops had a more favorable outlook on the Traditional Latin Mass than Pope Francis suggested…

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