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Pope Francis and the ever new amazement of active participation

This morning the Pope met with the students and teachers of the Pontifical Liturgy Institute. So far the text of his discourse is only available

There Are Good Reasons to Support the RCIA – A response to an essay at NCR

March 22, 2022 Rita Ferrone Initiation / RCIA Pope Francis Vatican II

The Church today asks us to conduct ourselves in a particular way in Christian initiation because the way we initiate is a fundamental expression of who we are.

“Extraordinary Form” returns – Updated

March 19, 2022 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue CDW / Holy See Pope Francis

UPDATED: The term is a mistake which will be connected.

I Want to Speak with the Manager: A Conversation with Archbishop Roche

March 14, 2022 Editor CDW / Holy See Church Reform Pope Francis Reform of the Reform Vatican II

Christopher Lamb of The Tablet speaks with the Prefect of the CDW.

If we give scandal by our liturgical disputes … we play the game of the master of division

February 20, 2022 Fr. Neil Xavier O'Donoghue Eastern Liturgy Pope Francis

Last week the Congregation for Eastern Churches hosted a Liturgical Congress to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Instruction for the Application of the Liturgical

Instituted Ministries Celebrated Today: A First for Women

January 23, 2022 Rita Ferrone Church Reform Pope Francis

Today Pope Francis celebrated the institution of lectors; for the first time, women were among them. He also celebrated the institution of catechists.

Francis, Liturgical Pope: On the Vernacular and Social Transformation

January 19, 2022 Katharine E. Harmon Inculturation Pope Francis Translation / New Missal

For a biologist who has famously spoken of the church as a smelly sheepfold and a field hospital, the seemingly ethereal world of language appears beyond the scope of Francis’ interest.