A breviary, or the liturgical book containing the Liturgy of the Hours, is seen in this illustration photo. (OSV News ...

The focal point of the Liturgy of the Word is the proclamation of the Gospel. Its importance is highlighted by the acclamation about which we wrote last week. Only one who is ordained can read the Go ...

Pope Francis instituted the Sunday of the Word of God with the apostolic letter “Aperuit illis” on Sept. 30, 2019, the 1,600th anniversary of St. Jerome’s death. Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St.

The last time I “went to church,” there was no priest, no choir and no church building at all. On Friday, March 13, Cardinal Seán O’Malley suspended all public Masses in the Archdiocese of Boston. By ...

Other than sex, nothing is more heatedly debated by Catholics than the liturgy. Everyone has strong opinions based on years of personal experience. In the 1960s and '70s, Pope Paul VI implemented ...

MUMBAI – A spokesperson for dissidents in an internal fight currently lacerating the second-largest eastern Catholic church has warned that an upcoming emergency meeting ordered by the Vatican to ...

During the liturgical movement era in the United States (c. 1926-1955), advocates of liturgical renewal relied upon both the Mystical Body of Christ theology and the methods of Catholic Action to ...

If there is ever a liturgy that looks less like a Sunday Mass, it’s the Easter Vigil. At the same time, such a perspective is misleading: the Easter (or Paschal) Vigil is the liturgy of the Church ...

The Vatican's liturgy congregation issued a note Saturday encouraging Catholic parishes around the world to celebrate the Sunday of the Word of God with new vigor. In the note published Dec. 19, the ...