or those teaching liturgy in seminaries have no formal training. In the meantime, Eucharistic communities are shrinking and aging, and trained liturgists are becoming fewer, yet no one is ...

and it is clear that its most enthusiastic supporters are those who share the ‘restorationist’ vision of a very fixed and formal liturgy that characterised the thinking of the retired pope.

Leo, already established as a polyglot fluent in Italian, should not hesitate to use English and increasingly make it the ...

China is interested in increasing trade with Canada, but the two countries will have to first resolve their current trade dispute that has tariffs being imposed on both sides, says the country’s ...

He became the 266th pope in 2013 following former Pope Benedict XVI's resignation. A formal liturgy service will take place at 8PM (GMT) this evening and will include the confirmation of Pope ...

The formal times of prayer are diverse in format, style, length, and purpose. The preeminent formal times of prayer in the life of the Church are those given by the Liturgy of the Hours.

It is not that the majority of their peers are anti-Catholic so much as that they do not give formal religious belonging much thought at all. The traditional liturgy is at least in some part ...

The Three Hours’ Devotion with the Liturgy of Good Friday, 12noon We begin the Three Hours’ Devotion with a service of meditation, music and prayers with periods of silence and addresses. At 1.30pm, ...

The Three Hours’ Devotion with the Liturgy of Good Friday, 12noon We begin the Three Hours’ Devotion with a service of meditation, music and prayers with periods of silence and addresses. At 1.30pm, ...

“The adoption of vernacular languages in the liturgy takes into account the fundamental ... mag-object king translations),” though no formal complaints were filed. The Second Vatican Council ...

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, a Spanish priest and an expert in liturgy and popular piety, explained in anticipation of Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to Corsica on his 47th apostolic ...

It’s that the liturgy is itself poetry. It’s just poetry that’s misunderstood. We often confuse the more formal elements at the liturgy’s periphery with the poetry and mystery at its center. As a ...