A breviary, or the liturgical book containing the Liturgy of the Hours, is seen in this illustration photo. Ascension and ...

The prayers are set according to the Church calendar and are composed of Psalms, hymns and readings from Scripture.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis issued a new document on Wednesday (June 29) aimed at promoting the “rediscovery” of the Catholic Church’s Eucharistic liturgy celebrated at Mass to protect it from ...

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, ...

Hovering over this 5786 holiday season is a sense of moral and spiritual crisis that calls out for liturgical innovation. The horrific events of Oct. 7 and Israel’s ensuing brutal campaign in Gaza ...

The psalms deserve a bit more, so before we go to the second reading next week, some more on the psalms. On Sundays, remember it is the second biblical text but not a reading in the Liturgy of the Wor ...

In the last issue of America, Rachel Lu and Matthew Cortese, S.J., reflected on how Catholics can make the liturgy more reverent. The two shared insights informed by their experiences of Masses ...

In his account of the Passion, the Evangelist John gives particular importance to the dialogue of Jesus with Pilate, and it is on this that we want to reflect for a few moments before proceeding ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday blasted Catholics who, hewing to old-school versions of liturgy like the Latin Mass, have made an ideological battleground of the issue, decrying what he described ...

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