This liturgical form of prayer draws us closer to God throughout the day, uniting us with clergy, religious and laity around the world in the praise of God. The monks ...

I love liturgy, but it’s not a means to make better, cooler, more politically with-it Christians. It doesn’t even guarantee orthodoxy. Despite my yearning to lay down roots, over the past two decades ...

Observers point to many serious problems: the decline in marriage and the impending demographic crisis; the parallel decline in young people accepting the call to priesthood and the religious life; ...

The liturgy must be nurtured with care and never be neglected or abused, Pope Francis said. "The liturgy is Christ's work and the church's, and as such, it is a living body," he told members of ...

Father Luigi Portarulo, left, a member of Athletica Vaticana, the Vatican's sports association, and Father Bonifacio Sarte Lopez VI of the Diocese of Rome elevate the Eucharist during a vigil Mass for ...

(RNS) — 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 ...

I recently met with a student, a young African-American Catholic who is more familiar than most with the Catholic tradition. He was concerned that the church should play a more prophetic role in ...