The canonization rite of Paul VI has been restored, replacing the mostly preconciliar rite Pope Benedict had brought back.
Read moreMonth: November 2014
Viewpoint: Christ the King Celebrates the Ultimate Security of the World
As we end the liturgical year, we are invited to consider the truth that though kings and empires, republics and presidents, dictators and tyrannies come and go, the reign of Christ, the Son of God is eternal, everlasting, without end.
Read moreNew CDW prefect?? – UPDATED
Here is his Wikipedia entry, and a story about his view of the recent synod.
Read moreLiturgy and Ceremony for Pope Francis
When Pope Francis celebrates Mass, there is no “buona sera,” no hugging, no such gestures, nothing of what makes him so authentic. For at Mass it’s not about him, it’s about the Mass. But it is otherwise at ceremonies…
Read moreKarl-Heinz Menke, member of the International Theological Commission, on Church Polarization
“It is just as false to adapt to the zeitgeist as it is to work toward a ghetto Catholicism in which those remaining think of themselves as the elite believers.”
Read moreBill Murray on Latin liturgy
“I tend to disagree with what they call the new mass. I think we lost something by losing the Latin.”
Read moreGerman Church Historian Fears “Antipope” Benedict
The professor of church history in Munster calls for a clearer distinction between pope and “pope emeritus.”
Read moreNovember 21: Fiftieth Anniversary of Three Vatican II Documents
Pray Tell readers will be interested in what each of these documents has to say about the liturgy.
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Read moreNon solum: Terminology for What the Ordained Minister Does at Eucharist
I gather that some reporters write “offer Mass” not necessarily because they ascribe to a full Tridentine notion of the Mass as propitiatory sacrifice, but they sorta think he’s putting on a stage presentation.
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