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- Jul 23, 2021
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The nine questions that sealed the fate of the Latin Mass
- Jul 20, 2021
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog agency, sent a questionnaire, at the pope’s request, to bishops’ conferences last year about the Latin Mass.
Pope’s clampdown on Latin Mass praised as ‘prophetic,’ ripped as ‘cruel’
- Jul 17, 2021
Pope Francis’s decision to tighten restrictions on the celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass was met with polar reaction from Catholics around the globe, with some praising the move as prophetic, and others calling it a stain on Francis’s legacy.
Francis reverses Benedict’s liberalization of use of older Latin Mass
- Jul 16, 2021
On Friday the Vatican confirmed rumors that Pope Francis was planning to restrict norms regarding the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass with the publication of a new law that walks back previous reforms.
Benedict XVI to mark 70 years as priest with brother’s choir
- Jun 28, 2021
This week retired Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate the 70th anniversary of his ordination as a priest with former members of his late brother’s choir.
Bishops consider Liturgy of the Hours, penance, Marian translations
- Jun 17, 2021
A decade-long series of retranslating and approving liturgical texts is nearing its end, but isn’t quite there yet.
During Ordinary Time, let the Church wear her green
- Jun 13, 2021
Ordinary Time takes us back to the basics, and this year we receive this renewed proclamation from Mark’s gospel.
So-called ‘liturgy wars’ more about politics than faith, expert says
- Jun 3, 2021
As rumors continue to foment that Pope Francis could further restrict access to the extraordinary form, one liturgical expert has said that regardless of what happens, one’s relationship with God shouldn’t suffer as a result.
Three hard choices illustrate why the papacy can be no fun at all
- May 30, 2021
The stars have aligned to suggest that Pope Francis faces a series of agonizing choices. Each represents an object lesson in why it’s never easy being in charge, especially of a complex global institution with a following of 1.3 billion highly diverse people and expectations of being a moral exemplar.
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