This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

Jan 13, 2026 19:20

ZENIT Staff

the first extraordinary consistory convened by the Pope Leo XIV Photo: Vatican Media

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Pope Leo XIV would grant dispensations to return to celebrating Mass in Latin, according to the Papal Nuncio in the United Kingdom

According to information shared privately with bishops in England and Wales, León XIV appears inclined neither to undo the liturgical reforms advanced by Francis nor to enforce them with the same rigor. What is taking shape instead is a policy of pragmatic leniency.

Nov 16, 2025 21:02

Elizabeth Owens

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: When to Set Out the Vessels for Mass?

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

Nov 15, 2025 20:55

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Kneeling at the Consecration and for Communion

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

Nov 09, 2025 21:58

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Handling the Lectionary and Missal

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

Nov 07, 2025 16:17

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

For the first time since 2019, the so-called “old Mass” — the usus antiquior of the Roman Rite — resounded beneath Michelangelo’s dome. Roughly three thousand pilgrims, many of them young families with children and lace-veiled women, filled the basilica

Oct 28, 2025 20:07

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Maria Corina Machado also expressed to the Pope the importance of the civic demonstration carried out by Venezuelans on July 28, 2024, which reaffirmed the legitimacy of President Edmundo González Urrutia.

Leo XIV begins 2026 with a new papal staff: here is the meaning… and the photos

In a Church often scrutinized for its symbols, Leo XIV’s choice is neither ornamental nor nostalgic. It is a visual theology, compressed into metal and form, reminding both shepherd and faithful that the path forward passes through the wounds of history—but does not end there

This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

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Questions about liturgy: Bows and Genuflections

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Questions about liturgy: Flags Over a Coffin

Questions about liturgy: Adoration When There Is No Tabernacle

Pope Leo XIV would grant dispensations to return to celebrating Mass in Latin, according to the Papal Nuncio in the United Kingdom

Questions about liturgy: When to Set Out the Vessels for Mass?

Questions about liturgy: Kneeling at the Consecration and for Communion

Questions about liturgy: Handling the Lectionary and Missal

The traditional Latin Mass celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica marks a new chapter under the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV