Although many others have written on the subject, the name of Anscar J. Chupungco is synonymous with the inculturation of the liturgy. One does not lightly pass up what Chupungco has to say about ...

In the last issue of America, Rachel Lu and Matthew Cortese, S.J., reflected on how Catholics can make the liturgy more reverent. The two shared insights informed by their experiences of Masses ...

Easter and Passover may have been some of the few remaining times when those who do not ordinarily participate in worship were confronted with the practice of liturgy. For those who did not go to ...

Cardinal Robert Sarah, a longtime Vatican official, told a filled St. Agatha-St. James Church Nov. 21 that some forms of ...

Bishop Robert Vasa, the new bishop of Santa Rosa, Calif., explains why the new Missal translation will be very good for the Church. Bishop Robert Vasa is the bishop of Santa Rosa, Calif. Like all ...

VATICAN CITY-- In a sitting room where lace doilies top every table, Jesuit Fr. Robert F. Taft's gray sweater and wooden cane add to the impression that he's a refined retired professor. But then he ...

Despite the controversies and abuses following the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic liturgy is ultimately a source of unity that forms Christians in the sacrifice and salvation of the cross, ...

Since the early days of Christianity, the idea of a “domestic church” has been common. Pope St. John Paul II, in his 1994 Letter to Families, spoke of it. “The Fathers of the Church,” he wrote, “in ...