In a Feb. 3 General Audience, Pope Francis discussed the importance of Mass and the liturgy as a holistic experience. He said, “In Christian life, the corporeal and material sphere cannot be ...

Before leaving office in 2013, Pope Benedict XVI mused about the dangers of a horizontal church, one that is more preoccupied with this life than the next one. He decried the “hermeneutic of politics” ...

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, or GIRM, gives the following 216 words about the homily in its instructions ...

Here's a clip making the rounds of Catholic Twitter. It's the actor Shia LeBoeuf, who recently converted, or reverted, to the practice of Catholicism. In this interview with Bishop Robert Barron, ...

Pope Leo XIV does not intend to overturn Pope Francis’ limits on celebrating the traditional Latin Mass but will grant ...

Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass on July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City (CNS ...

Catholics and even non-Catholics around the world have recently been imploring Pope Francis to refrain from implementing a rumored ban on the Tridentine Mass, also known as the Traditional Latin Mass ...

The pastor of St. Mark’s in suburban Charlotte says he acted on his own initiative as the diocese reviews its liturgical ...

An op-ed questions if Pope Leo XIV's decision to let Cardinal Burke celebrate the 1962 Mass at St. Peter's is a gesture of unity or a traditionalist triumph over Pope Francis's restrictions.

Four decades ago, as part of a sweeping reform that was called Vatican II, Roman Catholics around the world began to celebrate the Mass in their native languages instead of in Latin. On Sunday, ...

ROME – Cardinal Arthur Roche, head of the Vatican’s liturgy department, has warned against the politicization of debates over different forms of the Mass and has stressed the church’s role as the one ...

(RNS) — More than 50,000 faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the emeritus pope, a smaller crowd than has attended the most recent papal funerals. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Under a foggy ...