I watched it with interest, both because of the unusual nature of the gathering, and because I wondered what it might tell us about penitential celebrations generally.
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Category: Pope Francis
Reflections on Pope Francis’ Exhortations and the Chair of Peter
…it is good…not to end up favoring sterile ideological polarizations…The liturgy is not ‘the field of do-it-yourself’, but the epiphany of ecclesial communion
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Pope Francis Recommends Mystagogy
Pope Francis affirmed mystagogy in his address to the Congregation for Divine Worship. But is mystagogy still a mystery?
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Austrian Bishop: People Call for Married Priests and Female Deacons
If the Eucharist is to be the font, center, and summit of the Church’s life, something has to change.
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Update on the French and Italian Missal Translations
The French Missal translation will be the first significant test of Francis’s re-calibration of the translation process.
Read morePope Francis at Cologne Cathedral
A work in stone draws admirers of the present pope.
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Development of Doctrine – Capital Punishment, Liturgy
There was a time when popes put cardinals to death.
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Making Sense of the German Intercommunion Issue
In short, it’s chaotic. Depending on your perspective, this is the work of the Holy Spirit … or the Devil.
Read morePope Francis’ cunning long game – UPDATED
Damon Linker is one of the most astute commentators there is on church and society. He writes about “Pope Francis’ cunning long game” in The Week:
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word – updated
Francis speaks directly into the camera, and thus the viewer sees him as if he is speaking person-to-person, to you.
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