Recently, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio allowing the non-ordained of “mixed” (i.e., having both non-ordained and ordained) congregations to become major superiors. As Father Carmen Mele writes in an essay for Our Sunday Visitor: ...
With his decision to drastically restrict the celebration of the 1962 missal of Pope St. John XXIII — called by Pope Benedict XVI the “extraordinary form” of the Roman rite, and colloquially known as the ...
Writer Christopher Altieri looks at what led the pope to reverse the laws of his predecessors regarding the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Mass and answers the questions: What has Pope Francis done ...
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis said July 16 that, for now, parishes that celebrate Mass in the extraordinary form -- also known as the "traditional Latin Mass" or "Tridentine Mass" -- ...
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at Pope Francis’ recent apostolic letter restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass, writing that the pope “acted to enhance a sense of unity among Roman Catholics, and he has reasons ...
OSV Publisher Scott Richert writes that his interest — and participation — in the Church’s various liturgies go back decades. Richert writes in his latest column that he has “come to appreciate each liturgy as ...
Here is the Vatican's official English translation of the letter Pope Francis sent July 16 to the world's bishops explaining his decision to restore some limits on the celebration of the Latin-rite Mass according to ...
Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second ...
Pope Francis approved a new set of laws that require Vatican officials and employees to sign a declaration stating they have not been and are not suspected of committing crimes, including money laundering, corruption or ...
Pope Francis’ recent apostolic letter Spiritus Domini changed canon law to permanently allow women to serve as acolytes and lectors. In a new report for Our Sunday Visitor, experts within the Church laud the change, ...
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As the Tampa Bay area on Florida’s west coast prepared for what was expected to be a direct hit from Hurricane Ian, Bishop Gregory L. Parkes of St. Petersburg invited all in the diocese to pray to God "as we face this serious threat.”
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