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Rite Questions – Canon Law and the Liturgy
Q. What does the Code of Canon Law say about liturgical law? A. Canon law is a sacred repository of wisdom collected through the centuries. It is a rich resource to be drawn upon even on a daily basis by all those who exercise any type of authority in the name of the Church,…
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A World in a Host: Liturgy and the Lost Shape of the Cosmos
Stand at the back of the Gesù in Rome and the building tells your eyes where to go. Without a medieval rood screen to arrest them, the great nave carries the gaze beneath its immense vault toward the high altar. This was deliberate. Built in the aftermath of Trent, the mother…
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An Explanation of the Christmas Proclamation
The Christmas proclamation is the solemn announcement of the Nativity of the Lord drawn from the Martyrologium Romanum [Roman Martyrology] and found in Appendix I of the Roman Missal. Referring to key moments throughout salvation history, it magnificently situates Christ’s birth…
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Our Lady at the Heart of the Liturgy
At the Oratory of Ss. Gregory and Augustine in St. Louis, where I am the Vice-Rector, the tabernacle is located directly behind the high altar in our sanctuary. Positioned behind a set of colored veils, the tabernacle’s doors are made of gold and inscribed with symbols of the…
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The Doxa Is in the Details: Fostering the Manifestation of God’s Glory in the Liturgy
Beauty has been described as veritatis splendor, or the splendor of the truth. It is that aspect of truth, of being, and of reality that shines forth and draws, attracts, and delights us. It is the beauty of something true and good that touches us deeply, penetrates us to the…
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Mining Maritain’s Philosophy of Beauty for a Theology of Liturgical Art
Since at least the time of the early sixth-century document, The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Pseudo-Dionysius, the Church has contemplated liturgy through the lens of beauty. The development, however, of modern aesthetics strained—if not wholly severed—that relationship. By…
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A Leonine Program of Liturgical Renewal
At the beginning of 2026, immediately after the close of the Jubilee Year, Pope Leo XIV inaugurated a new cycle of catecheses focusing on the Second Vatican Council (see “News & Views,” page 1). The Holy Father explicitly called for a rereading of the texts of the Council as “a…
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen Declared ‘Blessed’
Archbishop Fulton Sheen, despite his humble origins in small-town Illinois, aspired to great things as an academic and as a communicator of the Catholic faith. On September 24, before a crowd of tens of thousands at The Dome at America’s Center, the farm-boy-turned-mass-media…
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Pope Leo Prays at Restored Notre-Dame Cathedral
Pope Leo XIV prayed evening prayer at Notre-Dame Cathedral on September 25, becoming the first pope to set foot in the monumental church since it was rebuilt after the 2019 fire that ravaged its roof, nave, and spire. Less than two years after its reopening, Pope Leo reflected…
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Latin Mass Permissions Steady from Pope Francis to Pope Leo XIV
Thirty-four dioceses received Vatican permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in 2025, matching the 2024 total and remaining broadly consistent with previous years despite the election of a new pope. The United States accounted for 24 of the 34…
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Pope Leo XIV Offers Catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium
From the beginning of 2026, Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his General Audience catechesis to the documents of the Second Vatican Council, beginning with the Council’s four Constitutions. This catechetical series is expected to continue into 2027 as all sixteen documents will likely…
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The Eucharist: Redounding Gratitude
On Thanksgiving 1983, less than three weeks before his death, Alexander Schmemann gave his final homily from the ambo. He opened with the following words: “Everyone capable of thanksgiving is capable of salvation and eternal joy.” This was followed by a litany of thanksgiving,…
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The Sacred Architecture of Time: Recovering the Liturgical Shape of the Year
For centuries, the calendar was a complex tapestry of traditions and archaic phrasings. Latin writers commonly dated days according to the Roman system of Kalends, Nones, and Ides rather than simply sequentially numbering the days of each month from first to last. Bede the…
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The Origins of the Idea of an Ars Celebrandi
The notion of a liturgical ars celebrandi has gained momentum over the past two decades or so, especially with its inclusion in official documents and papal teaching. But despite the growing prevalence of this idea, the origins of ars celebrandi are rarely discussed. Drawing on…
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Christopher Carstens and George A. Harne, Ph.D., Discuss Liturgy, Beauty, and the Renewal of the Church on Christendom Conversations
Christendom College President George A. Harne, Ph.D., has released a new episode of the Christendom Conversations podcast, featuring a thoughtful discussion with professor and liturgical expert Christopher Carstens. Together, they explore the profound significance of the…
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New Book Seeks to School Teachers in Prayer
With the arrival of the new academic year, Liturgical Press offers what it calls a “comprehensive prayer book for busy professors, educators, administrators, and students.” Glimpses of Grace: Prayers for Holidays, Holy Days, and Ordinary Days of the Academic Year by Michael…
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New App Offers Online Liturgical Treasure Chest
The information age opened previously unimagined access to sources of theology and spirituality, facilitating discovery of prayers and practices Catholics may not otherwise have encountered. Yet learning about this or that spiritual practice does not incorporate them into the…
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Future Perspectives from Parsch and the People’s Liturgy (Part 6 of 6)
We can never know for sure what Pius Parsch would have thought about the Novus Ordo of the Roman Rite or, for that matter, the lived experience of this liturgy. His successor and fellow Canon, Petrus Tschickel, warns us not to assume that he would have approved. Whatever the…