“It’s long past time that Catholics of all stripes came together to work through the issues that divide us. But it will never happen without a dose of realism.”
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Category: Pope Francis
Commentary on Desiderio desideravi
Pope Francis’s apostolic letter on liturgical formation, Desiderio desideravi, is full of interesting “prompts” for our reflection. Here are a few.
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One Flock, Walking Together
“When I join a communion procession, do I engage in this action as though I were a customer in line at a supermarket or an amusement park?”
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September 1: Praying “In the Great Cathedral of Creation”
Rather, it is we – the human voices in this cosmic choir – who need to be reminded that we do not sing alone in praise of God.
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50,000 Syro-Malabar Christians Protest in Favor of Versus Populum
Yesterday’s Times of India reports that 50.000 Syro-Malabar Christians of the Ernakulam Angamaly archdiocese of the Syro Malabar Church took to the streets to protest
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Only “inculturated” Roman Missal since Vatican II
Vatican News has an article on Pope Francis and the Missel Romain pour les Diocèses du Zaïre. This is in the context of his cancelled
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The new Prefect of Divine Liturgy and Sacraments speaks.
In a a wide-ranging interview with Vatican News interview Cardinal-elect Arthur Roche, the new prefect of the DDWDS, discusses, among other issues, the lack of
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Pope Francis to Sicilian clerics: Take off your grandmother’s lace.
In an audience with bishops and priests of Sicily on 9 June 2022, Pope Francis told the clerics to stop wearing their “grandmother’s lace”, saying
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Brief Book Review: Catholic Discordance
“Borghesi convincingly presents the hostile efforts of American neoconservative Catholics to undermine the mission of Pope Francis.”
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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
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