With his decision to drastically restrict the celebration of the 1962 missal of Pope St. John XXIII — called by Pope Benedict XVI the “extraordinary form” of the Roman rite, and colloquially known as the Traditional Latin Mass — Pope Francis has
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at Pope Francis’ recent apostolic letter restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass, writing that the pope “acted to enhance a sense of unity among Roman Catholics, and he has reasons to worry about disunity. It is everywhere.
OSV Publisher Scott Richert writes that his interest — and participation — in the Church’s various liturgies go back decades. Richert writes in his latest column that he has “come to appreciate each liturgy as a source of innumerable spiritual riches not
Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council, overturning or severely restricting permissions
The liturgy is not a spectacle to be observed but a prayerful event where Christians encounter Christ's presence in their lives, Pope Francis said.
Throughout the Catholic Church's long history, people have been tempted to practice a private or "intimist Christianity" that failed
With dioceses around the country reopening or planning to reopen Masses to the public, many bishops have announced restrictions to keep the faithful safe, including limiting the reception of holy Communion to solely in the hand. Father James Goodwin writes that this
The Vatican doctrinal office announced the optional use of seven eucharistic prefaces as well as the celebration of the feast days of recently canonized saints in the "extraordinary" form of the Mass. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published two
While conferences and meetings can be postponed for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter cannot, with the exception of the chrism Mass, said the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. "By the mandate of
The Church is experiencing turbulent times, writes Lawrence Grayson. Priests are questioning their vocations. The universal Church is being besieged externally and internally, politically and culturally. And the United States is evolving into a secularist, anything-goes society, becoming anti-religious and threatening the
Greg Popcak asks if you have ever thought of your family life as a liturgy? While it might seem odd, it shouldn’t. The word “liturgy” describes the specific “work” the Church does to heal the damage sin creates in our relationships with