Questions about liturgy: Women and Girls as Altar Servers

Dec 20, 2025 16:09

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Women and Girls as Altar Servers Photo: Desde la Fe

Recently rumors have been flying that Pope Francis is preparing to impose stringent restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass

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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

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Genuflections Toward the Tabernacle

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

Oct 26, 2025 19:58

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Prayer of Exorcism at Baptisms

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

Oct 23, 2025 18:01

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: A Bishop’s Authority Over the Liturgy

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

Oct 12, 2025 13:30

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Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: ¿Bows Toward Priests?

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

Sep 27, 2025 19:50

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Pope Leo XIV will visit Algeria, the land of Saint Augustine, according to local media: these are the dates given by the press

There is also a practical indication reinforcing the plausibility of the trip. The official calendar of Wednesday general audiences published by the Prefecture of the Papal Household does not list an audience for April 15

Pope Leo XIV to priests: no to homilies with Artificial Intelligence and the search for “likes” and “followers” on social media

The Pope also warned against a subtler distortion of priestly identity: the search for validation on social media platforms such as TikTok. The illusion, he suggested, is to believe that accumulating followers or “likes” means one is effectively evangelizing

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

Questions about liturgy: Genuflections Toward the Tabernacle

Questions about liturgy: Prayer of Exorcism at Baptisms

Questions about liturgy: A Bishop’s Authority Over the Liturgy

Questions about liturgy: ¿Bows Toward Priests?