Questions about liturgy: Is the adoration of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday held in a monstrance or in a tabernacle?

Mar 22, 2026 18:54

Fr. Edward McNamara

Is the adoration of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday held in a monstrance or in a tabernacle?

Analysis Opinion•Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

The Vatican, the Pope, and the situation of the Lefebvrians: an analysis based on the current state of affairs

At the heart of the conflict lies a theological fault line that dates back more than sixty years: the legacy of the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965).

Feb 05, 2026 17:25

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Causes of Saints•Dicasteries•Liturgy and Divine Worship

From Oxford to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar: Vatican gives St. John Henry Newman a place in the Catholic Church’s daily prayer

October 9 was chosen deliberately. It marks the anniversary of Newman’s conversion to Catholicism in 1845, a turning point that reshaped not only his own life but also the intellectual landscape of English-speaking Catholicism.

Feb 04, 2026 11:06

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: ‘Outwardly Like Ourselves’

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

Jan 25, 2026 11:15

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV receives leaders of the most important traditional Catholic community (in communion with Rome) in audience

This audience also provided an opportunity to evoke any misunderstandings and obstacles that the Fraternity encounters in certain places and to answer questions from the Supreme Pontiff

Jan 21, 2026 17:47

ZENIT Staff

Liturgy and Divine Worship

Questions about liturgy: Removing the Christmas Creche

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

Jan 18, 2026 20:05

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV Meets with Victims of Abuse in Spain

During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, each of those present, drawing on their own painful personal experiences, offered the Pope proposals for a more effective Church response to these tragic cases.

The Pope’s powerful homily on the Feast of Corpus Christi: may religiosity not be a museum of the past, but a school of faith from which we can draw inspiration even today

Homily by the Holy Father on the occasion of Corpus Christi in Madrid

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Questions about liturgy: Is the adoration of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday held in a monstrance or in a tabernacle?

On the “liturgical war”: For God’s sake: “Lay down your arms!” (a statement by Cardinal Brandmüller)

Questions about liturgy: Should the cross be veiled during Lent?

Questions about liturgy: Ash Wednesday, liturgy, and children

Questions about liturgy: The Sanctuary in Lent

Questions about liturgy: The Baptist’s “Heavenly Birth”

Questions about liturgy: “Sacrifice” and “Father” in Prayers of the Mass

The Vatican, the Pope, and the situation of the Lefebvrians: an analysis based on the current state of affairs

From Oxford to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar: Vatican gives St. John Henry Newman a place in the Catholic Church’s daily prayer

Questions about liturgy: ‘Outwardly Like Ourselves’

Leo XIV receives leaders of the most important traditional Catholic community (in communion with Rome) in audience

Questions about liturgy: Removing the Christmas Creche