How much did the Catholic Mass change after Vatican II? Even when the New Mass (Novus Ordo) is celebrated in the best way possible, much is still missing. How much change is too much? The vast majority of bishops at Vatican Il voted for the revision to the Mass, but did they expect a total deconstruction? Vatican II said ‘Let there be no innovations unless the good of the Church genuinely and certainly requires it’. The Consilium (those charged with reforming the Mass) went on to change, remove,