Pope Francis, ever taking people by surprise, in only the second year of his papacy, pointedly, on the feast day of a woman saint, St Theodora (April 1), is formally signing the declaration that he has the agreement of significant English-speaking churches and ecclesial communities to work towards a new Ecumenical English Missal.
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Archbishop Gregory on new missal: “…flaws and difficulties… it needs correction…”
What we need to do now, after a period of time of living with it, come back and say, not: “We told you so!” – which I think a lot of pastors want to say – “We told you not to do that!” [laughter] but to say, “It’s inadequate for this reason…”
Read moreBishop Morlino (Madison): Ban on washing women’s feet remains
Bishop Morlino will wash the feet of 12 seminarians at St. Patrick’s Church.
Read moreYves Congar, My Journal of the Council, Part XXXIII
Dinner at a restaurant in the Piazza Navona, in the open air. We saw normal people again, to whom our byzantine intrigues would have absolutely NOTHING to say!
Read moreAre the translations of the Pope’s tweets following Comme le Prevoit?
NPR recently interviewed Monsignor Daniel Gallagher who translates the Pope’s tweets into Latin.
Read moreOrganist from Rome apointed to Salt Lake City Cathedral
Gabriele Terrone has served as the Titular Organist at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome Since November of 2011.
Read moreFr. Daniel Durken, OSB: RIP
Requiescat in pace.
Read moreViewpoint: Is the Church Judge, Therapist, or Mother?
In the area of the Christian moral life, I suggest, there are three principal images at work: the Church as judge, the Church as therapist, and the Church as mother.
Read moreNon Solum: The Renewal of Baptismal Promises during Easter Day Mass
I am looking for some clarity regarding of the issue of the Sprinkling Rite and Renewal of Baptismal Promises at Easter Sunday Masses in relationship to our new translation of the Roman Missal.
Read morePope Francis removes Bishop Tebartz-van Elst
“A bishop who does not serve the community is not good. A priest who does not serve his community is preposterous.” – Pope Francis
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