Category: Church Reform
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A question for opponents of Traditionis Custodes
If a future pope rolled back the 20th century liturgical reforms, would they allow pluralism for the reformed rites?
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Pope Saint Paul VI on Implementing the Liturgical Reform
There are a lot of connections here to what Pope Francis has done and is doing.
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Syro-Malabar Priests Petition Pope Francis to Celebrate the Eucharist Facing the People
I wrote last month about Pope Francis’ letter on the Syro-Malabar liturgy. Pope Francis wanted to foster to “a uniform mode of celebrating the Holy Qurbana, considering this an important step towards increasing stability and ecclesial communion.” Now it is being reported in the press that all “456 priests of the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly have…
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Shed of the Year
I am not the most optimistic person in the world. So looking at the situation of the Church, I often despair that it will all come tumbling down. Reading stories like this one which tells of how the Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain is combining parishes to form 48 new parishes down from 375 in 1950. …
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Women in Instituted Ministries: “A Milestone and a Point of No Return”
It “will not fail to positively mark the life of the Church.”
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Ecclesial Customs and Memory
I suddenly understood why the community so loves to stop for Dairy Queen.
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The Church in Decline and…Gratitude?
The opportunity for Christians who continue to gather to give thanks despite decline is to reflect on their witness.
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The “Restored Order” for Initiation: Is it a “Progressive” or a “Traditionalist” victory?
I had the pleasure of visiting with a former student recently, who has worked within the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois after her graduation. As she and I tend to talk about things Church-related, she reported that her Diocese had just switched the “Restored Order,” and that she wondered how this would affect programming for the…
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The Liturgical Office of Evangelist – a Proposal Inspired by the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
Calls for the admission of women to ordained offices in the Catholic Church are becoming louder than ever. I would like to make a proposal, which falls short of those calls, but makes use of the holistic power of liturgical symbolism.