Liturgy Archives

Bishops approve new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 13, 2019

The U.S. bishops voted to approve close to 300 new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The Nov. 12 vote was 205-5 with two abstentions.

Pope adds feast of Our Lady of Loreto to universal calendar

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 31, 2019

Pope Francis has approved adding the Dec. 10 feast of Our Lady of Loreto to all calendars and liturgical books for the celebration of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours.

Proposed Amazonian rite centered on Christ, indigenous professor says

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 24, 2019

Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon called on Catholics to soften their hearts and understand the needs of Catholics in the region.

Memo to Synod: If you don’t want focus on married priests, give us something else

Analysis
Oct 13, 2019

One difficulty in getting those of us in the media to focus on subjects such as ecology, poverty and extractive industries in the Amazon is that it’s hard to know what the Catholic Church can really do about them.

Conference celebrates African American Catholics’ gifts to liturgy, ministry

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 13, 2019

The Archbishop Lyke Conference began in 2004. This year’s conference was held July 2-6 near Washington, in National Harbor and took place in conjunction with the Father Clarence Rivers Music Institute. Rivers, a Catholic priest who died in 2004, was a noted composer of liturgical music whose work combined Catholic worship with traditional African American music.

On Corpus Christi, pope says Eucharist is the antidote to selfishness

Vatican
Jun 23, 2019

On the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi, Pope Francis said that in a culture obsessed with profit and gain, the Eucharist is a remedy for selfishness, inviting people to imitate Christ in sharing themselves with and for others.