Questions about liturgy: Is the water still blessed when unblessed water is added to it?

Aug 16, 2026 22:15

Fr. Edward McNamara

Is the water still blessed when unblessed water is added to it?

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Bell Ringing at the Consecration

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

Jun 28, 2026 16:51

Fr. Edward McNamara

Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church•Priests

The Vatican Rejects German Bishops’ Request to Allow Laypeople to Deliver Homilies: Here’s Why

Response from the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to a request for an indulgence to allow a lay faithful to deliver the homily during Mass

Jun 23, 2026 16:20

ZENIT Staff

Dicasteries•Documents•Liturgy and Divine Worship•Local Church

Full English Translation of the Vatican’s Response Letter Rejecting Lay People’s Homilies Requested by the German Episcopate

Letter from the Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to the President of the German Episcopate in response to a request for a dispensation allowing lay people to preach homilies.

Jun 23, 2026 10:21

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Rite of Communion Outside of Mass

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

Jun 21, 2026 11:22

Fr. Edward McNamara

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: The Doxology, Penitential Rite and More

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

Jun 14, 2026 09:26

Fr. Edward McNamara

Pope Leo XIV will visit Mexico twice, according to statements by the president of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference. The dates will be as follows

Neither trip has been confirmed by the Holy See, but the possibility reflects the growing importance of the Guadalupe jubilee in the Mexican Church’s pastoral plans and its ambitions for a wider spiritual renewal across the Americas.

What kind of Church do people encounter when they are at their most vulnerable? Leo XIV opens the conference on Amoris Laetitia by placing vulnerability at the center

Remarks by the Pope at the beginning of the meeting with the leaders of the Eastern Churches and the presidents of the episcopal conferences, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of “Amoris laetitia”

Questions about liturgy: Is the water still blessed when unblessed water is added to it?

Leo XIV presents the Mass as the primary school of liturgical formation and calls on priests to remain faithful to approved texts

Questions about liturgy: Blessings of Married Couples

Questions about liturgy: Use of Stole Outside Mass

Questions about liturgy: Gestures and the Tabernacle

After the Excommunications: The Call for Flexibility Regarding the Pre-Conciliar Liturgy. The Exemplary Reaction of Thirteen Bishops and Cardinals

Questions about liturgy: “My Sacrifice and Yours”

Questions about liturgy: Bell Ringing at the Consecration

The Vatican Rejects German Bishops’ Request to Allow Laypeople to Deliver Homilies: Here’s Why

Full English Translation of the Vatican’s Response Letter Rejecting Lay People’s Homilies Requested by the German Episcopate

Questions about liturgy: Rite of Communion Outside of Mass

Questions about liturgy: The Doxology, Penitential Rite and More