Popes are wont to commemorate the anniversaries of significant documents with documents of their own. Quadragesimo Anno by Pope Pius XI honored the ground-breaking social encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum. St. John Paul […]
Cardinal Robert Sarah, former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. / Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA
ACI Africa, Dec 10, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The emphasis of cultural elements over Christian ones dur… […]
Editor’s note: This essay appeared originally in the September/October 2000 issue of Catholic Dossier and is based on a lecture given by Father Fessio in May, 1999. It is reposted to mark the sixtieth anniversary […]
With the onset of the Corona virus, many dioceses enacted certain “preventive” measures, among which was eliminating reception of Holy Communion from the chalice. That proscription is now being lifted in many dioceses. In keeping […]
The relation between ontology and history, writes Joseph Ratzinger, is “the fundamental crisis of our age.”1 It is the pressing question of contemporary theology, a question that Ratzinger repeatedly queries. In dense prose he argues […]
Until the 1960s, Catholics worshipped ad orientem, with priest and congregation facing the East during Mass. Originally Christians celebrated Mass before daybreak Sunday morning with the rising sun serving as a symbol of Christ’s resurrection […]
“Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Col. 3:21) The relationship between the preconciliar and postconciliar forms of Mass has become like a problematic marriage needing long-suffering, patience, goodwill, and hatred of […]
Vatican City, Feb 3, 2021 / 04:10 am (CNA).- Pope Francis said on Wednesday that it is essential for Christians to participate in the liturgy and the sacraments to encounter the Real Presence of Jesus.
“Every time we celebrate a baptism, or cons… […]
Editor’s note: This essay was presented in a slightly different form as a plenary address to the Colloquium of the Church Music Association of America in Philadelphia on July 3, 2019. Introduction In some Anglican […]
For better or for worse, universities are shapers of culture, not the only ones, of course, but decisive ones. The reason for this isn’t mysterious. Most of our cultural elites – the people in the […]
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