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Pope Francis Removes some Privileges from Cardinal Burke
A news item released from the Vatican on November 28th describes Pope Francis’ removing of certain Vatican privileges from the American Cardinal Raymond Burke. Burke, well-known in conservative Catholic media outlets, has been critiqued by Pope Francis as provoking “disunity” in the Church. This marks the second incidence this November in which Pope Francis has…
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Singing . . . and not singing
As a follow-up to Music in Catholic Worship, issued by the-then Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy in 1972 and revised in 1983, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops promulgated Sing to the Lord in 2007. “By its very nature,” says this document in paragraph 2, “song has both an individual and a communal dimension. …
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Statement by Catholic-Lutheran Liturgical Seminar Encourages Full Communion
A seminar inaugurated at the 2018 annual meeting of the North American Academy of Liturgy to forge a contribution to Catholic-Lutheran ecumenical dialogue has concluded its work with the publication of “On the Way to Full Communion: Thinking About Christian Unity from Liturgy” (29 June 2023). John F. Baldovin, S.J. and Thomas H. Shattauer, conveners…
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Ars Praedicandi: Thanksgiving Day, Ed Foley
Next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is the most popular and one of the most expensive of the holidays that we celebrate in the US.
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Baltimore Cathedral Restores Use of the High Altar
Though the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore was dedicated in 1959, its design did little to anticipate the changes in liturgical practice that were to sweep through the Catholic Church in the ensuing decade. The building is long and narrow, on the traditional basilican plan, with the high altar at some distance from…
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World Day of the Poor 2023
Facing Christ in anyone who is poor “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tobit 4:7). Pope Francis chose this theme for the seventh annual World Day of the Poor, observed on November 19, 2023, the Sunday before the Solemnity of Christ the King. The parish to which I belong is…
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Vatican Ruling on Transgender and Same-Sex People’s Sacramental Participation
While a significant milestone for transgender and same-sex people, the vagueness of the ruling on the baptism of children of same-sex couples is more than a bit disheartening.
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Ars Praedicandi: 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Ed Foley
While Matthew is not J. K. Rowling, he does have a keen eye for the preposterous and absurd. I think today’s outrageous story is an example of that.
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Church of England agrees to trial services for same-sex couples
The Church of England’s General Synod meeting November 13-15 continued their deliberations on the Living in Love and Faith process. The College and House of Bishops, as part of LLF process, drafted services of blessing for same-sex couples and proposed them to General Synod for feedback in January, which I wrote about on PrayTell at…
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