Amira Abuzeid, Catholic News Agency
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Bishop Michael Martin of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, said the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) must cease at four parishes and will only be permitted at a chapel beginning Oct. 2. After delaying the restrictions three months, Martin said in a letter that the Chapel of the Little Flower in the St. Therese Parish in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was recently renovated by the diocese and can seat just over 350 people, will have two Masses each Sunday and on holy days of obligation. Martin said he prays that members of the TLM community “will be open to [the] opportunity” for grace that “faithfulness to the discipline of the Church” can bring.
