I expect Pope Francis will hold firm.
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Author: Anthony Ruff, OSB
Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, is a monk of St. John's Abbey. He teaches liturgy, liturgical music, and Gregorian chant at St. John's University School of Theology-Seminary. He is the founder of the National Catholic Youth choir. He is widely published and frequently presents across the country on liturgy and music. He is the author of Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform: Treasures and Transformations, and of Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter. He does priestly ministry at the local county jail and the neighboring community of Benedictine sisters in St. Joseph.
Thesis: If every Catholic, lay and ordained, had been having regular experiences…
Thesis: If every Catholic, lay and ordained, had been having regular experiences for several decades now of the spiritually transformative power of the Eucharistic Prayer
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US church membership falls below 50 percent first time in 80 years
This reflects what we all see happening in our church communities:
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Pope: Mary is not Co-redemptrix
This is very good: Pope Francis has said once again that Mary is not Coredemptrix: “It’s true that Christian piety always gives beautiful titles to
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Vatican: No to blessing same-sex unions
At Crux: “Vatican rules out Church blessings for same-sex unions.” A few quick comments. The announcement is notably emphatic about treating homosexuals with respect and sensitivity.
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ACP Outstanding Service Award to Peter Dwyer
Dwyer is a stalwart supporter of Pray Tell
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Francis allows women to be installed in liturgical ministries
This is big.
Read moreShort Commentary: OCP’s Contemporary Mass Propers
File this under “Only in the U.S.:” OCP offers contemporary/modern musical settings of the entrance and communion antiphon – the introit and communio – for the
Read moreShort Commentary: Can Communion Elements Transmit the Virus?
Here’s a sad report, and it’s one time I’m grateful for the concept of transubstantiation. Tragically, some senior figures in the Orthodox Church in Serbia
Read moreShort Commentary: Pope Francis vs. Anti-Mask Protestors
From Market Watch , excerpting from Francis’s new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future: “Some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance,
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