So there you have it.
Read moreMonth: November 2015
Help, It’s Advent and Our Paraments Clash!
Despite our many gifts, I am stuck this Advent season on one small point for our parish. We are a purple-clashing disaster.
Read moreThe Holy Year Begins… In the Peripheries
Another first for Pope Francis.
Read moreViewpoint: The Pact of the Catacombs is Still Relevant Today
The Pact of the Catacombs can today inspire clergy to adopt its spirit in ways that are feasible.
Read moreOpening Rites at Mass with Pope in Kenya
Look what happens in the dance between the opening Collect and the First Reading.
Read moreBishops of England and Wales Call for Change to New Good Friday Prayer for Jews
The new wording was written by Pope Benedict in 2008 for use in the Extraordinary Form on Good Friday.
Read moreThe German Language Order of the Mass
The Roman document Liturgiam authenticam can be interpreted in a variety of ways, and bishops’ conferences are differing widely in their implementation of it.
Read moreMore on the introductory rites of Mass
I firmly believe that what happens in those opening minutes is “make or break”, and that a decline in attendance may be largely attributable to getting it wrong at this early point in the rite.
Read morePope Francis: Be Careful Who You Admit to Seminary
One must think twice when a young man “is too confident, rigid, and fundamentalist.”
Read moreViewpoint: Some Items That Caught My Attention Recently
I cannot write in this column about everything that comes across my desk. Even if I could, not everything would fill a complete column, but some things deserve a mention.
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