National Catholic Reporter

A one-size-fits-all Mass doesn't serve Black Catholics

Last summer, I was invited by the director of the Texas Southern University's Catholic Newman Center to experience a concert of the Psalms with a gospel influence. They sang plenty of songs I had ...
Religion News Service

Is compromise possible on the Catholic liturgy?

(RNS) — The Eucharist is supposed to be the sacrament of unity, but sadly liturgy still divides Catholics, especially when it comes to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). Is compromise possible that can ...
National Catholic Register

Now Is the Perfect Time to Invite Someone to Mass

Extending invitations to Mass builds on the excitement surrounding the election of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV, and the Eucharistic moment in America. Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Holy Mass Holy ...
America Magazine

The Mass is a constant. But we experience it differently over time.

When I was a baby, Larry Hunt, a kind, funny Jesuit priest and my great-uncle, baptized me. At around age 12, I began attending Sunday Mass when my mom, then in her 30s, decided to cart her five ...
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Byzantine Catholic Church brings liturgy to Des Moines

A new kind of Catholic worship is in Des Moines. State of play: Des Moines now hosts a regular Byzantine Catholic Divine Liturgy — a service rooted in Eastern Catholicism that looks and feels ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

There's more to the Catholic liturgy wars than the Latin Mass | Terry Mattingly

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and chanted the Marian prayer "Regina Caeli" in Latin. While many consider Latin chant controversial ...
The Hoya

Changing the Liturgy, One Phrase at a Time

Changes to the Catholic Liturgy will take effect on the first Sunday in Advent. Campus Ministry is preparing for the shift with information sessions and a slow introduction. Before changes to the ...
America Magazine

Where is God in the liturgy? A way forward for reform and renewal

Father Luigi Portarulo, left, a member of Athletica Vaticana, the Vatican's sports association, and Father Bonifacio Sarte Lopez VI of the Diocese of Rome elevate the Eucharist during a vigil Mass for ...
Little Rock Public Radio

Local culture shapes the Zairean liturgy

Easter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where congregants celebrate with the Zairean Rite, the only Vatican-approved liturgy shaped by local culture, alive with song, dance, and striking ritual ...
National Catholic Register

In Paris, Traditional Liturgy Is Drawing a New Generation to the Church

At Saint-Roch — the ‘Church of the Artists’ that has become a hotspot for the traditional Latin Mass in recent years — 55 ...
National Catholic Reporter

Is compromise possible on the Catholic liturgy?

Supporters of the Traditional Latin Mass are a small minority, but they are well organized and very loud. The Eucharist is supposed to be the sacrament of unity, but sadly liturgy still divides ...