National Catholic Register

‘Poetry of the Mass Is an Open Door to Heaven’: How a Revitalized Liturgy Has Reenergized a St. Louis Parish

Under Father Michael Rennier’s pastoral leadership at Epiphany of Our Lord Church, drawing on the treasures of the Catholic liturgical heritage has resulted in a notably young and vibrant parish ...
America Magazine

Angry at the church? Mass may be the only place to heal.

At the Eucharistic prayer we worship with, literally, all the angels and saints in heaven; who sing regardless of whether the humans below are praying with them at Mass or crouched in a field digging ...
National Catholic Register

Wanted: Open, Honest Dialogue on the Liturgy

Among the many reforms and theological developments of Vatican II, perhaps none had a more direct impact on the life of the Church than the changes made to the Eucharistic Liturgy following the ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

There's more to the Catholic liturgy wars than the Latin Mass | Terry Mattingly

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and chanted the Marian prayer "Regina Caeli" in Latin. While many consider Latin chant controversial ...
America Magazine

As a deaf Catholic, the Latin Mass gives me equal access to the liturgy

Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass on July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City (CNS ...
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Is church unity worth a Latin Mass?

(RNS) — They should know that we are Christians by our love, not know that we are Catholics by our fights.
National Catholic Reporter

Your thoughts on reforming the liturgy, part two

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese has written two columns recently about liturgical reform. In his first column, Reese has advice for the Italian bishop who was asked by Pope Francis to complete a visitation of ...
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Is compromise possible on the Catholic liturgy?

(RNS) — The Eucharist is supposed to be the sacrament of unity, but sadly liturgy still divides Catholics, especially when it comes to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Is compromise possible that can ...
The Christian Century

Liturgy for Benedict’s funeral mass highlights unity in a divided church

Under a foggy gray sky on January 5, a historic funeral in St. Peter’s Square saw the sitting pontiff, Pope Francis, preside at a somber and simple ceremony for his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict ...
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The Catholics Who Have to Worship Somewhere Else

Jessica Harvey used to worship in a church with stained glass and a soaring ceiling. The Catholic parish gave Harvey and her family a sense of community as they settled into their new hometown in ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

There’s more to Catholic liturgy wars than Latin use

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics -- he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin.