In this special deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle unpacks Pope Francis’ decision, the history behind it, and how it has affected devotees of the old Latin Mass.
Liturgy
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Catholics deserve better homilies. Here are my top 5 tips for fellow preachers.
Catholics have lots of great advice for their priests. Here, with all the humility you might expect of a Jesuit, is my own list of top five suggestions for Catholic preachers.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The key to understanding Pope Francis’ restrictions on the Latin Mass? His belief in inculturation.
“Let us not forget that a faith that is not inculturated is not authentic,” Francis told the Latin American Confederation of Religious.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Review: ‘Mass of the Ages’ uses classic propaganda tactics to make the case for the Latin Mass
If only the priest would turn his back on members of the congregation, the movie’s logic goes, and recite the liturgy in a language they don’t understand, the pews would be full and the seminaries overflowing.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Whether the Mass is in Latin or the vernacular—it’s the same Eucharist that unites the church
I am awestruck by the beauty of the Eucharist wherever I encounter it. That’s a big reason why the so-called liturgy wars bore me.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Facebook wants you to pray with them. Don’t trust their intentions.
Facebook’s new prayer feature seems much more likely to invite us to turn further inward into that social media hellscape of narcissism and self-promotion. Pray for us, indeed.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The U.S. bishops’ document on the Eucharist could benefit young Catholics
Most college students attending Mass on campus won’t know the title of the document, much less the number of bishops who voted for or against it. What they will experience is a community centered around the Eucharist, and that will be what matters most.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Do Pope Francis and Pope Benedict disagree about Vatican II and the traditional Latin Mass?
“I never imagined that Pope Francis would go back that strongly to what Vatican II said and uphold it.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I love Latin Mass and Pope Francis. Please don’t let a few (very loud) traditionalists ruin it for the rest of us.
Many Catholics are now devastated to lose access to a treasured rite that has nourished their spiritual lives for decades.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The Latin Mass took off in this North Carolina diocese. What will happen under Pope Francis’ new restrictions?
It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.