Questions about liturgy: Tinkering With the Divine Praises

Mar 26, 2025 18:02

ZENIT Staff

Tinkering With the Divine Praises

Approximately 50,000 altar servers are expected to attend, accompanied by the President of CIM

Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

Vatican pronounces on the transfer of days of obligation for Mass in the liturgical calendar

This clarification addresses a recurring issue in the liturgical calendar known as «occurrentia festorum», which arises when two feast days fall on the same date. In such cases, the liturgical norms dictate that the celebration of higher precedence, according to the «Table of Liturgical Days», takes priority, while the other feast may be moved to a later date.

Feb 04, 2025 18:13

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Terminology for Sacred Places

A series of attacks on Christian communities in December, including on Christmas day, left dozens dead, according to recent reports from local Church sources to Aid to the Church in Need.

Jan 23, 2025 08:20

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Choirs in Entrance Processions

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Jan 13, 2025 17:21

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and sacramental theology and director of the Sacerdos Institute at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum university.

Dec 20, 2024 18:30

ZENIT Staff

Cardinals and Bishops•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Vocations

Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka

According to the Prelate, the decision, formalized in a Letter dated October 22, 2024, responds to the need to protect priestly vocations, which depend exclusively on men.

Dec 19, 2024 15:45

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis Calls for a Cultural Shift in Child Protection Within the Church

«Prevention of abuse is not a blanket to be pulled out in times of emergency but one of the foundations on which to build communities faithful to the Gospel,» the pope wrote to the participants of the PCPM’s Plenary Assembly, held from March 24 to 28.

Cardinal Parolin gives details on Pope in Vatican and raises juncture for new form of government

Speaking on March 27 at an event in Sacrofano, near Rome, Parolin shared that he continuously receives messages from people praying for the pope’s full recovery. «Perhaps he won’t be able to work as before, and in that case, we must find different ways for him to continue leading the Church,» he said.

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Pope Francis decrees that the liturgical feast of Mother Teresa of Calcutta be added to the Church’s universal calendar

Questions about liturgy: Responsories in the Office of Readings

Vatican pronounces on the transfer of days of obligation for Mass in the liturgical calendar

Questions about liturgy: Terminology for Sacred Places

Questions about liturgy: Choirs in Entrance Processions

Questions about liturgy: Baptism, doubts and validity. Two burning and difficult questions

Cardinal Ranjith Excludes Girls from Serving as Altar Servers in Sri Lanka