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 ...

A better understanding of the meaning and symbolic language of the Church's liturgy, especially the Mass, will help Catholics encounter the Lord and grow in holiness, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in a ...

Under Father Michael Rennier’s pastoral leadership at Epiphany of Our Lord Church, drawing on the treasures of the Catholic liturgical heritage has resulted in a notably young and vibrant parish ...

When Catholics arrive at church for the beginning of Advent this weekend, they may find themselves stumbling over not only the words, but also the music. The Vatican has changed the English-speaking ...

Before the Reformation, even the Catholic Church did not have a uniformly celebrated liturgy. Here, for example, is a fascinating variant in the medieval rite of marriage. It is the exchange of rings, ...

He said that liturgical abuses were often due to an ignorance that rejects elements of worship whose deeper meaning is not understood or whose antiquity is not recognized. Cardinal Arinze clarified ...

The beauty and solemnity of religious services are often enhanced by the attire of the clergy. These garments, known as liturgical vestments, are not simply decorative clothing. They are imbued with ...

My 4-year-old son—rascally, chaotic—is better behaved at church than he is anywhere else. Before you start writing to the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on his parents’ behalf, there are ...

Jessica Harvey used to worship in a church with stained glass and a soaring ceiling. The Catholic parish gave Harvey and her family a sense of community as they settled into their new hometown in ...