Among the many reforms and theological developments of Vatican II, perhaps none had a more direct impact on the life of the Church than the changes made to the Eucharistic Liturgy following the ...

In a Feb. 3 General Audience, Pope Francis discussed the importance of Mass and the liturgy as a holistic experience. He said, “In Christian life, the corporeal and material sphere cannot be ...

Father Stephen Saffron, parish administrator, elevates the Eucharist during a traditional Tridentine Mass on July 18, 2021, at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City (CNS ...

Here's a clip making the rounds of Catholic Twitter. It's the actor Shia LeBoeuf, who recently converted, or reverted, to the practice of Catholicism. In this interview with Bishop Robert Barron, ...

VATICAN CITY — The study and celebration of the liturgy should lead to a sense of awe before God, a commitment to mission and a growing unity within the church, not tensions and squabbles, Pope ...

At the Eucharistic prayer we worship with, literally, all the angels and saints in heaven; who sing regardless of whether the humans below are praying with them at Mass or crouched in a field digging ...

Four decades ago, as part of a sweeping reform that was called Vatican II, Roman Catholics around the world began to celebrate the Mass in their native languages instead of in Latin.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis issued a new document on Wednesday (June 29) aimed at promoting the “rediscovery” of the Catholic Church’s Eucharistic liturgy celebrated at Mass to protect it from ...

Rev. Gerald J. Bednar is simply wrong to suggest that reciting the prayer to St. Michael is “out of place at the end of Catholic Mass” (Letters, Oct. 22). He mistakenly says that it “ends the liturgy ...

Under a foggy gray sky on January 5, a historic funeral in St. Peter’s Square saw the sitting pontiff, Pope Francis, preside at a somber and simple ceremony for his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict ...