Description
Fr. João Silveira has traveled across Africa and Asia bringing the ancient Roman Rite to communities hungry for the sacred.
From elderly Catholics moved to tears by the Mass of their youth in Belize, to hundreds of African schoolchildren kneeling to receive Holy Communion, to young Catholics persevering in secret under Communist rule in Vietnam, Fr. Silveira shares firsthand accounts of a worldwide hunger for Catholic tradition.
And he was the priest on the August 2026 expedition that brought the Traditional Latin Mass to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro—while Catholics in parts of Europe struggle to find a church where they can attend it.
0:00 — Fr. João Silveira: A Missionary for the Latin Mass
1:19 — Why the World Needs the Traditional Latin Mass
4:29 — Belize: Bringing the Ancient Mass to Forgotten Catholics
5:54 — A Moving Encounter at a Home for the Elderly
10:20 — A Parish Encounters the Traditional Latin Mass
14:16 — The Mass of Their Ancestors: A Powerful Homecoming
17:19 — Hundreds of Students Discover the Latin Mass
21:08 — 750 Students, Reverent Silence, and Kneeling Communion
24:21 — Into the African Mission Territories
26:37 — Mozambique: The Hunger for the Traditional Mass
29:03 — Congo: A Treasure of Gregorian Chant
30:26 — Priests and Seminarians Discover the Old Roman Rite
35:07 — Is the Latin Mass a Relic of Vatican I?
37:06 — “Sometimes One Wonders Whether We Have the Same Faith”
39:50 — Why the Latin Mass Must Reach Every Parish
41:30 — Vietnam: Young Catholics Persevere Under Persecution
42:58 — Even Iran? The Global Hunger for Tradition
44:21 — Kilimanjaro: The Missionary Returns to the Mountain
48:54 — The Latin Mass at the Summit of Africa
51:30 — Where Is the Liturgical Freedom?
52:45 — Finding Freedom on a Mountain Instead of in a Church
55:51 — When the Ancient Mass Is Treated as a Problem
56:15 — “The Traditional Mass Needs Little”
57:34 — Why Nothing Can Stop the Restoration of the Latin Mass
58:02 — The Ancient Roman Rite Is Not an Elite Tradition
59:46 — “Then the Restriction Is Not a Pastoral Necessity”
1:00:06 — A New Generation Is Seeking the Sacred
1:01:03 — “The Altar Higher Than the Decrees”
1:01:34 — Christ Is King: The Mass of All Time
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