Is the Second Vatican Council receding in the church’s rearview mirror? Has the Francis pontificate raised new and difficult questions about the exercise of papal authority? Is the Roman Church poised to become non-Western? Can popes and bishops teach effectively in a time of rampant individualism . . . . Continue Reading »
Any attempts to install a Catholic Lite version of Vatican II will ultimately fail, but much pastoral damage will be done in the interim.
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As always with Ratzinger, his reflection weds fidelity and creativity. Continue Reading »
Frank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas is breaking records in the music world, which jointly manifests the importance of beautiful liturgies. Continue Reading »
When I was twenty-four, I spent several weeks sleeping on the floor of the Brussels Salvation Army, waiting to start a French course. I was on my way to mission work in Burundi. I shared a room with a half dozen other men from various backgrounds. One, named Gershom, was a Romanian Jew, who had . . . . Continue Reading »
Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the August/September issue, “Christianity and Poetry.” Continue Reading »
Setting debates about the virtues and vices of the TLM aside, Cardinal Gregory’s decision will have serious, real-world consequences for parochial life in D.C. Continue Reading »
In the Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s titanic subjectivity seems chastened by suffering and transformed by his engagement with the graced objectivity of liturgical text and tradition. Continue Reading »
Liturgy isn't a magical rite, but an act of worship. Continue Reading »
Our worship ought to be a genuine enfleshment of the Beauty of God. Continue Reading »
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