As Pope Francis emphasizes liturgical formation in what may be his final message on the subject, the church faces a crisis in ...

“To accomplish so great a work,” Vatican II told us in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (#7), “Christ is always present in His Church, especially in her liturgical celebrations ...

In fact, Latin Mass Catholics, archconservatives who prize the pre-Vatican II liturgy, are probably outliers here. They are the ones who make us think that liturgical conservatism goes along with ...

COMMENTARY: The Council’s Decree ‘Christus Dominus’ is a vivid reminder of the meaning of the bishop’s pastoral role in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Because the liturgy is now so malleable ... to beauty and more in keeping with both tradition and the mind of Vatican II. This trend is more notable in the United States than in many other ...

Pope St. John Paul II could well be called the "apostle of life." He spent his entire pontificate boldly proclaiming the ...

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 ...