What Vatican II wanted In the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, the Council called for (#14) "full, conscious and active (actuosa in Latin) participation" by all members of the Church.

The scene is Mainz, Germany, April 1964. Just a few months earlier, in December 1963, Vatican II had published its groundbreaking document on the liturgy. Sacrosanctum Concilium was rightly hailed ...

The Eucharist is not simply a cultural legacy. It is more than a moving performance or a beautiful ritual symbolizing ...

Vatican II did not intend to suppress popular devotions; it did direct that they be reformed so that they should not appear to be something apart from the liturgy. "Pious exercises should be ...

(JTA) — Pope Francis has restricted the use of the Latin Mass, a form of the liturgy favored by ... a retreat from the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, which declared in a 1965 document ...

As the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 10) from Vatican II says, "the liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from ...

The Kapampangan language has found new life in the liturgy, thanks to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Fernando (RCASF), ...

Read Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963), the Vatican II blueprint for liturgical reform ... In the mission lands, let bishops adapt the liturgy to local cultures. Trust their circumspection and ...

When Pope St. John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council on Oct. 11, 1962, he expressed a confident trust that, “in the light of this Council,” the Church would gain in spiritual riches ...

Commentary: Pope Francis regards restoration of the Vatican II liturgy to be of the utmost seriousness. In effect, the reimposed restrictions will dry up the supply of priests who can celebrate ...