Tag: Papal Liturgy
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The first 100 days of Pope Francis
“The Argentine soon made it clear that he had no appetite for the creeping traditionalism and pomp of church power that had begun under his predecessor.”
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Reading tea leaves
Has Pope Francis proved himself a stalwart friend of Summorum Pontificum or are we seeing “the end of the reform of the reform”?
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How Pope Francis Made Liturgy Boring Again (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
After the initial whiplash effect of the change in liturgical style from Benedict to Francis, what is interesting about Francis’s liturgical choices is how thoroughly uninteresting they are.
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Unvested Altar Servers
I see that the altar servers aren’t vested at Pope Francis’ daily Mass at the Guesthouse.
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Pope Francis and the perils of the premature victory dance
The time has not yet come for a progressive celebration of victory. It probably should never come.
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Liturgy Secretary of England and Wales: Don’t Imitate Pope Francis and Wash Women’s Feet
Fr. Paul Gunter stressed that papal liturgy should not be seen as the exemplar for other liturgies.
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Rubrics & Pope Francis
It’s a temptation on all sides to over-analyze every move that Pope Francis has made… but what do you make of all this?
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Pope Francis Reverts to Pastoral Staff of Paul VI
Keen observers have noted that he is using the contemporary pastoral staff used by Paul VI and John Paul II.
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Vernacular liturgy and Pope Francis’ “hermeneutic of continuity”
The Mass at John Lateran in Rome this Sunday is part of Francis’ “hermeneutic of continuity” – with Vatican II, with Pope Paul’s reform of the rites, and with the rest of the Catholic Church.