The questions reporters ask about Christian liturgy and sacraments, I find, provide this academic liturgical theologian vital feedback on what the wider population (Christian and, often, wider) find of interest and importance.
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Tag: Catholic News Service (CNS)
Pope John XXIII, remembered
“That is not the way you reason with faith.”
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The Holy Spirit speaks to us through sacred art.
Read morePope Francis Won’t Be Moving into Apostolic Palace
“He is experimenting with this type of living arrangement [in the guesthouse], which is simple,” but allows him “to live in community with others,” Father Lombardi said.
Read morePope Francis in Motion … and Seated
Have you seen Pope Francis in Motion from CNS? Funky southern music behind shots of him speaking to the cardinals and then greeting them in the Clementine Hall.
Read moreCatholic News Service: Doubts and Regrets Among Some in the Vatican About Pope Francis’ ‘Abrupt Change in Style’
“Especially within the Vatican, there are surely many who inwardly regret the clear signs that informality will be the rule in this pontificate. After all, honors and decorations are among the few worldly rewards legitimately available to those in the hierarchy.”
Read morePope Tweaks Inauguration Rite of New Pope, Restores Cardinals’ Act of Obedience
Pope Benedict XVI has ordered several changes to the Masses and liturgies that will mark the inauguration of the next pope’s pontificate.
Read morePutting back what’s missing in the new Mass
Cardinal Burke has some suggestions for “mutual enrichment” of the pre-Vatican II and the post-Vatican II Mass.
Read morePrayTell.Catholic?
Controlling the top-level domain “will be a way to authenticate the Catholic presence online.” The Vatican plans to allow “institutions and communities that have canonical recognition” to use the extension, “so people online — Catholics and non-Catholics — will know a site is authentically Catholic.”
Read moreCongregation for Divine Worship has more time now to promote the sacred liturgy
Pope Benedict said he made the change in responsibilities so that the Congregation for Divine Worship could “dedicate itself principally to giving a new impulse to the promotion of the sacred liturgy in the church, according to the renewal willed by the Second Vatican Council.”
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