The Anglican Church of Canada launched a “liturgy” for clergy to use with those who choose to die by medically-assisted suicide. The rite includes confession and absolution for those intending to take their lives. The church’s General Synod…
The new liturgy provides prayers, anointing, Holy Communion, and blessings before and after euthanasia. The post Canada’s Anglican Church unveils official liturgy for assisted suicide appeared first on The Catholic Thing.…
A newly disclosed letter to Cardinals from the Dean of the Sacred College outlines the topics for discussion at the June 26–27 meeting. The post Cardinals to debate ‘Just War’, not liturgy, at Pope Leo XIV’s next…
The pontiff continued his catechesis on the Second Vatican Councilʼs teaching on the liturgy during his weekly general audience. The post Pope Leo XIV: We must rediscover signs and symbols of the sacred liturgy…
On May 20, the pope began a series of messages focused on “Sacrosanctum Concilium,” a constitution on the sacred liturgy and the first document promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. The post Pope Leo explains why Vatican II’s…
Around the corner from my old office in the Apostolic Palace is the Torre dei Venti, a sixteenth-century tower housing the sundial Pope Gregory XIII used to correct the Julian calendar. Aided by a team of brilliant Jesuits, Gregory tracked the…
New details have emerged regarding Pope Leo XIV’s January meeting with the Cardinals. Four points to be discussed are: (1) reviewing Evangelii Gaudium for renewed momentum in the proclamation of the Gospel; (2) studying Praedicate evangelium…
In a Christmas letter to the Sacred College, Pope Leo XIV has reportedly set out the agenda for his forthcoming January consistory with Cardinals, with Church governance, synodality, and the sacred liturgy taking center stage. According to…
In recent months, we have heard a great deal about traditional liturgies being canceled in certain dioceses. Of course, this is nothing new. The tenacity of certain bishops, however, in eliminating not only these liturgies but also the groups…
Celebrating Mass at St. John Lateran (the Cathedral of Rome) before more than 2,700 faithful, the pope said that “care of the liturgy in the place of the See of Peter must be such that it can be offered as an example for all the people of God,…
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