It was the motu proprio heard around the Catholic world, but perhaps nowhere more loudly than in Boone, N.C.
Vatican II
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Many Catholics who felt lost after Vatican II found comfort in the Latin Mass. Now, they are hurting again.
I pray for unity in the church. I pray also for the consolation of fellow Catholics, who may now be denied that portion of the church’s tradition that has nourished their faith, as it once did mine.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis restricts celebration of the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass in new decree
Pope Francis has revoked the faculty given by his predecessors that allowed any Catholic priest of the Latin Rite to celebrate the Tridentine Mass.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Joe Biden, the Bishops & Vatican II: The Battle Over the Brand of U.S. Catholicism
The Catholic Church in the United States is in danger of losing its relevance if its presentation of the Gospel is alien to the world in which people live.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Jewish leaders see providence in Christianity, too.
The decades since the Second Vatican Council and the declaration “Nostra Aetate” have seen much fruit in the form of Jewish-Christian collaboration and dialogue.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Whatever happened to Confession? And is it time to go back?
The question remains alive today, perhaps even more so after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic. But today it might be rephrased as two different questions for two different audiences: “How shall one go to confession now?” and “Why go to confession at all?”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Vatican II made changes to the liturgy. It’s time to think about making more.
The purpose of a transparent and collegial process is to develop good liturgy that is supported by a consensus within the community.
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‘I’m only trying to help people love Jesus more’: memories of Hans Küng from a Jesuit theologian
Hans Küng was only 34 years of age when a visit to the United States firmly established him as the leading theologian of the time.
Posted inFaith, News
Bishops remember Hans Küng as a theologian who loved the Catholic Church
German and Swiss bishops who knew and worked with Father Hans Küng described him as a man who loved the Catholic Church, even though the theologian sometimes went beyond the limits of Catholic doctrine and criticized the decisions of church leaders.
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Hans Küng, influential Vatican II theologian censured by John Paul II, dies at 93
Hans Küng was first in flair and media savviness among 20th-century theologians.