Most commentators were anxious to see Pope Francis’ answer to the request to ordain viri probati or to institute some form of female deaconate in
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Category: Pope Francis
More Important Than It Looks
What was your experience the Sunday of the Word of God like? Does it make you confident that this observance will take hold? What are your hopes for next year’s celebration?
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“Almost obligatory” Irish contribution to the Sunday of the Word of God
This coming Sunday marks the first time we will observe the Sunday of the Word of God. PrayTell already covered this new observance. Regular readers may also have
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The Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica
On November 9 last, Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist in the Lateran Basilica for the Feast of the Dedication Lateran Basilica. This ancient church serves as Cathedral of the
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Pope Francis Responds to the Proposed Amazonian Rite
As PrayTell already reported the recently concluded Amazonian Synod called for the establishment of an “Amazonian Rite” in its final document. However Pope Francis in his off the
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Motu Proprio on the Sunday of the Word of God: Two Reactions
Pray Tell’s Fritz and Fr. Anthony weigh in on the pope’s new initiative.
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Troubling the Lex Vivendi: The Church at Prayer Amidst an Imperiled Home
What is there about Sunday Mass participants that makes them least in accord with teachings on the ecology of Popes John Paul, Benedict, and Francis?
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Prayers of Intercession for the Season of Creation
“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last 200 years.” How, therefore, shall we pray?
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Liturgical Inculturation in the Amazon: Not So Fast
Inculturation is a difficult process.
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Penitential Liturgy
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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