Cardinal Robert Sarah

Vatican approves special ‘Mass in the Time of Pandemic’
- Apr 1, 2020
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has approved a special “Mass in the Time of Pandemic” to plead for God’s mercy and gift of strength in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Cindy Wooden
Post-reformation theology of the priesthood influenced abuse crisis, author says
- Mar 24, 2020
Clare McGrath-Merkle is a philosopher of religion and author of the 2018 book, ‘Bérulle’s Spiritual Theology of Priesthood: A Study in Speculative Mysticism and Applied Metaphysics.’ She spoke to Crux.

By Charles C. Camosy
Vatican issues decree for Holy Week liturgies with pandemic restrictions
- Mar 20, 2020
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 Cindy Wooden

Looking East: Book on celibacy barely acknowledges Eastern tradition
- Jan 26, 2020
The controversy surrounding retired Pope Benedict XVI’s contribution to a new book on priestly celibacy demonstrates just how much both substance and appearances matter.

By Cindy Wooden
Cardinal at center of 2 Popes storm doubles down on celibacy
- Jan 25, 2020
A Vatican cardinal at the center of a storm over a book about celibacy and the Catholic priesthood is denouncing the “brutality” of criticism directed at him and his collaborator, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.

By Associated Press
In tempest over Benedict XVI and book on celibacy, ‘It is as it was’
- Jan 15, 2020
The current fracas surrounding Benedict XVI and a new book on priestly celibacy is eerily reminiscent of the tempest that erupted in 2003/2004 around St. John Paul II’s alleged endorsement of Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ,” expressed in the infamous soundbite, “It is as it was.”

By John L. Allen Jr.