Many laypersons have already come up with their own solution: they simply hold church services without the support of the clerics. They pray together, break the bread, administer wine, and care little about Catholic regulations, which specify that only priests are allowed to administer the sacrament of the Holy Communion.
Read moreMonth: July 2013
New Archbishop in Scotland has liturgy background
Msgr. Leo Cushley has a connection to Archbishop Pieri Marini, personal secretary to Archbishop Annibale Bugnini.
Read moreRe-Reading Sacrosanctum Concilium: Article 53
Vatican website translation: 53. Especially on Sundays and feasts of obligation there is to be restored, after the Gospel and the homily, “the common prayer”
Read morePray Tell Live from NPM!
Pray Tell is broadcasting live from NPM in DC next week! See the blue bar above, just below our title, and click “Pray Tell Live” for more information.
Read moreHow to give a homily
A few years ago, lay people in France formed an organization to help priests, deacons, seminarians, and lay leaders of funeral services improve their style.
Read moreSinging priests revive Catholic Church in Brazil
The Roman Catholic priest belts out some of his hit songs before walking up to the altar. The parishioners join in, waving their arms in the air.
Read moreSwiss Bishop with Guitar Inspires at WYD
He rocked almost like Bob Dylan.
Read moreUpdate: Fr. Martin Fox
Following a recent dustup surrounding Fr. Martin Fox’s sharp criticism of the AUSCP, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati has announced that he has been appointed to full time parish ministry and relieved of his duties in the Office of Priestly Formation.
Read moreWhat Lumen Fidei has to say to liturgists
What liturgists can learn from an encyclical on faith.
Read moreInculturation viewed from the other side
Worries about inculturation are often couched in terms of compromising the integrity of the Gospel. A recent case in India raises a correlative issue about compromising the integrity of other religions.
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