What the Catholic Common Ground Initiative has to tell us today.
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Month: August 2018
Liturgiam Authenticam 36 on Scripture Translations
Under Benedict XVI, it was still possible to have more than one Scripture translation in use in a given region.
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At least the Lord is my shepherd
Such a dark, faltering setting of Psalm 23 might help us pray through these days.
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Paul VI on liturgical reform Part 5
…Today we are, as it were, under a kind of spell.
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Viewpoint: Exorcism is an ongoing feature of Christian life
In the RCIA, prayers of exorcism – scrutinies – are offered during the third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent.
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The End of the Imperial Episcopate
Reprinted with kind permission of the journal First Things.
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Praying and Singing During a Church Crisis
I am wondering how worship addressed or did not address the abuse in Pennsylvania, apart from the homily.
Read more8 US Catholic Churches You Have to See to Believe
“Sure, our friends across the pond [i.e., in Europe] may have time, history, and Michelangelo on their side — but it doesn’t mean that we
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Just in Time. And Welcome Indeed: A New “Mass of Welcome”
“I hope this Mass setting will serve as an engaging invitation to liturgical participation and that it will assist in proclaiming the truth that all are welcome at the table of Christ.”
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Ars Praedicandi: Preaching Abuse
“We, the members of this grand jury, need you to hear this. We know some of you have heard some of it before. There have been other reports about child sex abuse within the Catholic Church. But never on this scale. For many of us, those earlier stories happened someplace else, someplace away. Now we know the truth: it happened everywhere.”
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