Cambridge MA You may have read Kenneth Wolfe rsquo s Op-Ed piece in Sunday rsquo s New York Times Week in Review Latin Mass Appeal Mr Wolfe rsquo s argument has to do with what he considers the undue and ill-considered influence of Father and later Archbishop Annibale Bugnini on the reform

I love the Christmas season even if prior to becoming a Catholic I tried to invent it myself nbsp Admittedly it was an inchoate creation based upon buying little treats each week which I would hide away in preparation for Christmas day These were not mind you gifts for family members just

The USCCB has inaugurated a new website on the new translation of nbsp the nbsp Roman Missal the book used in the celebration of the Mass nbsp nbsp The website includes nbsp background history relevant documents FAQs and the like--as an aid nbsp to the church s transition to the new Missal whi

The news keeps getting in the way of a blogpost I have been meaning to write in response to my colleague Father Jim Martin rsquo s request for civility in the blogosphere Unfortunately I can rsquo t find his original posting in the archives Father we love you to death but have to give you a n

The nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has done more to ignite the intra-Catholic culture wars even than President Obama rsquo s decision to reverse the Mexico City policy As the announcement neared Catholic partisans of a

Lift High the Cross Students returning to class this semester at Boston College found a surprise: crucifixes adorning their classrooms. This traditional Catholic image has been a lightning rod in many Catholic colleges and universities over the last few decades, as schools struggled to make all stud