The novus ordo has undergone further revision since its introduction. We are now in the third typical edition of the Roman Missal first promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 2002 with amendments in 2008 ...

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 ...

In answer to charges that his views are unrealistically visionary, Küng points with approval to John XXIII ... especially in the liturgy. Küng finds it encouraging that so much “painted ...

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Whoever the Beloved Disciple at the Last Supper is, on that retreat I was being invited to take that place—to be the Beloved ...

The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

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 ...

During the Chrism Mass on April 14, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy (at center ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the seven times Jesus speaks from the cross on Good Friday. Made famous in ...

Ninth Annual Mass for Vocations held April 10 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in ...

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 ...