Pope John XXIII today completed the procedure started ... yesterday ordered that the Good Friday liturgy should from now on read “Remus pro Ileitis.” (Let us pray for the Jews.) ...

Among the more recent Popes who, from the time of the Second Vatican Council, have distinguished themselves in promoting the Rosary I would mention Blessed John XXIII 4 and above all Pope Paul VI ...

The Litany of the Precious Blood was compiled by the Sacred Congregation for the Sacred Liturgy, and promulgated by Pope John XXIII on February 24, 1960. This Litany is especially appropriate for ...

COMMENTARY: Though he died 20 years ago, John Paul remains a pope of the future.

After 10 years of study and consultation with thousands of experts in the field of linguistics, liturgy and Scripture scholarship; after 17 separate drafts which were carefully reviewed and ...

“For me, it was living out liturgy,” he told CNA in a March 19 press junket interview at the premiere of Season 5 in Dallas. “I try to best replicate a level of authenticity for those scenes ...

Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the ...

Pope Pius IX named him Patron of the Universal Church, and pope John XXIII included his name in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I). "What must Joseph have been, how grace must have worked ...

Paul VI announced that a pontifical study commission had been set up by his predecessor John XXIII and he made a few clarifications about the problem of birth regulation. Our interest here is how ...

13). Human life is sacred. Pope John XXIII recalled, "from its very inception it reveals the creating hand of God" (ibid.). What does this mean? It is the privilege of the conjugal act to be able ...

This new, third edition of the Roman Missal is the fruit of many years of work by the Vatican and bishops in America, Canada, England and elsewhere, working with the Vatican’s Vox Clara ...

Later that night, after sundown – because Passover began at sundown- the Holy Thursday Liturgy takes place, marking the end of Lent and the beginning of the sacred "Triduum,” or three ...