Just two of the seven bishops who appealed to the Vatican against the majority decision of the German bishops will be present.
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Liturgy Lines: Hospitality is Everyone’s Ministry
It is up to each one of us to “pay attention” to those who are with us at Mass and to make everyone welcome. We are all expected to give of ourselves as much as possible to whatever prayer or action or song or silence we are helping to create.
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Ad sanctos – Believing in the Saints Again
In the West we have done a poor job understanding and teaching the Communion of Saints.
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Ars Praedicandi: Quality of Life? Or New Life in the Risen Lord?
The content of our new life is to be thankful and to share the good news with the world that he is risen
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Viewpoint: “Spirituality” Without “Religion” Does Not Hold Up
There are a number of serious problems with spiritualties detached from religion.
Read morePope Again Changes Corpus Christi Tradition in Rome
Pope Francis has moved the Corpus Christi procession he leads to outlying Roman parishes this year, rather than moving from St. John Lateran basilica to
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Lighting the Easter Vigil
Is there an unconscious supersessionism at work in the way the Hebrew scriptures are treated?
Read moreWhaaaat? Church Luncheon Poster
Either public morals have declined markedly in the Catholic heartland of the Midwest, or else there should be a comma after “hat” in this church
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The Mysteries of Liturgical Sincerity
Among my mostly Protestant students, no theme is more contested, misunderstood, or cherished than sincerity.
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What Did Paul VI Think of the Liturgical Reform?
These are the basic facts.
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