Outcry over proposed norms in the North Carolina diocese is rising to international attention, as it represents the first ...

Latin Mass restrictions spark debate, but liturgy tensions go beyond language. Critics say tradition’s being stifled. Church ...

The whole of Christian life is meant to be permeated and marked by the liturgy and the sacraments. The hallmark of the daily Catholic adult life should be that it is a liturgical life. The graces ...

Now, in part two, we shall turn to the purpose of the liturgy: namely, true worship of God. In part three (i.e. next time), we shall consider the fruits or benefits of the Liturgy: how the Liturgy ...

Some 60 years on, the reform of the liturgy following the Second Vatican Council is at an inflection point. At this critical juncture, how shall we find a way forward that will help the Catholic ...

It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing transcendence. And liturgy is more than aesthetics. The Tridentine liturgy is one cultural expression, largely for ...

In the midst of an ecumenical service in Stanford University’s Memorial Chapel last week, a petite female figure, dressed in a long white robe, leaped out of the foyer into the center aisle.

Sunday, May 4, at 5 p.m. local Rome time, 11 a.m. ET, in the Vatican Basilica for the Papal ChapelThe funeral liturgy will be presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, protodeacon ...

Why the downgrade? Harvey’s parish was forced to relocate its traditional Latin Mass, an ancient version of the Catholic liturgy that has set off one of the fiercest controversies in modern ...

The Good Friday liturgy, one of the most solemn observances in the Catholic calendar, includes scripture readings, the chanting of the passion narrative, the veneration of the cross and communion.

So far, Pope Leo XIV has not addressed ongoing debates about restrictions on use of the Tridentine Mass, often called the “traditional Latin Mass.” Bishops around the world have been pulled into these ...