How does a Catholic school offer reverential liturgies for its students when the congregation is 1,000 kids in a gym? At Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Md., a new altar is part of the plan.
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Illinois diocese bans eulogies and wakes in church before funeral Mass
“The eulogy makes the person being praised the main focus of attention. The homily and the words of remembrance have God as the primary focus,” Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield said.
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A way out of the Vatican II liturgy wars: Priests should stick to the rubrics
Priests who depart from the rubrics of the Mass may mean well. But Catholics should consider why both Popes Leo and Francis have called such deviations a problem.
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An AP reporter spends the night locked inside Jerusalem’s holiest church with clergy and pilgrims
Most nights, from 9 p.m. to dawn, about a dozen priests, a smattering of registered pilgrims and a few cats have the sprawling, dark basilica of the Holy Sepulcher to themselves.
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Full text: Pope Leo on liturgical music, Vatican II and inculturation
“Music, indeed, is part of the liturgical action and is not merely a decorative part of the celebration,” Pope Leo said at today’s general audience.
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Pope Leo calls on priests to ‘respect’ the post-Vatican II liturgies in new letter
Pope Leo’s letter to Cardinal Roche is the latest in a series of moves he has made this summer to affirm the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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Pope Leo explains why Sunday is the ‘foundation and kernel’ of the liturgical year
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend.
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Pope Leo encourages Catholics to deepen prayer through Liturgy of the Hours
The Liturgy of the Hours is the church’s official daily prayer, consisting of psalms, Scripture readings, hymns and prayers recited at designated times throughout the day. Pope Leo said the tradition of prayer is “no longer passed on” even in many Christian families, even though prayer is a “fundamental dimension of our humanity.”
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Latin Mass, schism and cardinals in the media: The liturgy wars are back (and never really left)
As prominent prelates clash over the traditional Latin Mass, Pope Leo XIV’s response may reveal his deepest instincts about authority, unity and tradition.
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France’s traditionalist Catholics rally behind Pope Leo XIV after SSPX schism
Today, Philippe Darantière bears witness to the enthusiasm of the faithful attached to the traditional rite at the prospect of welcoming Pope Leo to France.