National Catholic Register

Wanted: Open, Honest Dialogue on the Liturgy

Among the many reforms and theological developments of Vatican II, perhaps none had a more direct impact on the life of the Church than the changes made to the Eucharistic Liturgy following the ...
The Norman Transcript

ON RELIGION: There's more to Catholic liturgy wars than the Latin Mass

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and did something that shocked some Catholics — he chanted the Marian prayer Regina Caeli in Latin. ...
America Magazine

Angry at the church? Mass may be the only place to heal.

At the Eucharistic prayer we worship with, literally, all the angels and saints in heaven; who sing regardless of whether the humans below are praying with them at Mass or crouched in a field digging ...
Catholic Standard

Jesus’s sacrifice makes up for every failure of humanity, cardinal says in Good Friday liturgy

In a solemn Good Friday Liturgy April 3, Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy venerated the cross, commemorated the ...
Crux

The Mass explained: Priest breaks down the parts of the liturgy

This illustration shows an altar with many of the objects used for the celebration of Mass. (Credit: CNS illustration/Zoey Maraist and Pia Hovenga, Arlington Catholic Herald) Listen ARLINGTON, ...
National Catholic Reporter

Global liturgy commission director criticizes Francis over Latin Mass restrictions

The priest who heads a Catholic Church commission that prepares English translations of liturgical texts has attacked Pope Francis' recent decision to reimpose restrictions on celebrating the Latin ...
LAist

New Liturgy Reanimates Catholic Music

When Catholics arrive at church for the beginning of Advent this weekend, they may find themselves stumbling over not only the words, but also the music. The Vatican has changed the English-speaking ...
National Catholic Reporter

Your thoughts on reforming the liturgy, part two

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese has written two columns recently about liturgical reform. In his first column, Reese has advice for the Italian bishop who was asked by Pope Francis to complete a visitation of ...
Catholic Standard

Palm Sunday Mass at St. Stephen Martyr draws GW students into Holy Week

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy celebrated Palm Sunday Mass at St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Washington on March 29, with the George Washington University Catholic Community. Father James Glasgow, ...
National Catholic Register

In Paris, Traditional Liturgy Is Drawing a New Generation to the Church

At Saint-Roch — the ‘Church of the Artists’ that has become a hotspot for the traditional Latin Mass in recent years — 55 ...
America Magazine

Over 50 Anglicans celebrate liturgy at Pope Francis’ cathedral after “breakdown in communication”

ROME (CNS)—A “breakdown in communication” led to permission being given to a group of Anglican clergy to celebrate the Eucharist in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, said Auxiliary Bishop Guerino ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

There's more to the Catholic liturgy wars than the Latin Mass | Terry Mattingly

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and chanted the Marian prayer "Regina Caeli" in Latin. While many consider Latin chant controversial ...