Pope Leo’s predecessors took markedly different approaches to liturgical reform. Leo must chart a course between them while settling on which is fundamentally the correct path.
Terence Sweeney
Terence Sweeney is a professor in the Honors Program at Villanova University.
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Trump’s migration policy isn’t just a constitutional violation—it’s a biblical one
Our country is not only in a constitutional crisis; we are in a biblical crisis.
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Making a Nation of Immigrants Great Again
Supporting immigrants in this country is about American greatness because American greatness has always depended on immigration.
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Advice to new priests hoping to change a parish: go slow and listen
And remember, it’s not about you.
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JD Vance got a lot wrong about St. Augustine’s ordering of loves
The ‘ordo amoris’ was never about loving less or more narrowly.
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Pro-lifers are likely in for another round of electoral defeats—but the path forward is clear.
On election day, voters in 10 states will vote on ballot initiatives related to abortion. If the past two years are any indication, I fear the pro-life movement can expect yet another round of bruising electoral defeats.
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Make holy days of obligation festive again
Too often they feel like obligations with barely any holiness and no feasting.
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Fasting, praying and working out: What ‘Exodus 90’ gets right—and wrong—about asceticism for men
‘Exodus 90’ is meant as a spiritual and athletic exercise for men that centers on prayer, fasting and fraternity. It gets some things wrong and some things right. In the process, it reveals some of the failures of the church today.
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A pro-life examen for Catholic colleges
Pro-lifers need to seriously consider what defeats at the ballot box mean—and ask themselves why recent legal successes have not translated into democratic successes.
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The Eucharistic Revival is missing something: the Blood of Christ
There is much to hope for in the U.S. bishops’ project of local and national revitalization. But there cannot be a full-fledged eucharistic revival without a precious blood revival.