liturgy

The New Ultramontanism and the Dissing of Vatican II

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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8 Mar 2023

What Benedict Saw

by Robert P. Imbelli

As always with Ratzinger, his reflection weds fidelity and creativity. Continue Reading »

5 Jan 2023

The Church Needs Beauty

by Maggie Gallagher

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 »

14 Oct 2022

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 »

1 Oct 2022

Dana Gioia on Christianity and Poetry

by R. R. Reno

Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the August/September issue, “Christianity and Poetry.” Continue Reading »

11 Aug 2022

The Future of the Latin Mass in D.C.

by Evan Myers

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 »

20 Jun 2022

Praying with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

by Robert P. Imbelli

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 »

22 Mar 2022