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The liturgical flimflam was exciting for a time... But we soon discovered that the routines of Masses with balloons and liturgical dance grew— well, boring.

Much of the story of the Second Vatican Council was first told to Americans by Xavier Rynne in The New Yorker. But who was Rynne?

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis named Tracey Rowland, an Australian theologian; Justin Farrell, a U.S. sociologist; and Tongdong Bai, a Chinese philosopher, to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The Vatican announced the appointments June 5. Rowland, who was born in Ipswich, Australia, in 1963, is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Long recognized as a leading scholar specializing in the thought and writings of Joseph Ratzinger, who served as Pope Bene

So I recently spent an extended period of time around a group of trads who are very likely to find themselves somewhere along the higher functioning end

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The Czech Republic: From the Center of Christendom to the Most Atheist Nation of the 21st Century

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May 29 is dedicated liturgically to the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. This Marian title was defined sometime ago due to the fact that if Mary is

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is in the midst of a multi-million dollar campaign to reinforce belief in the real presence of the Eucharist. But the real presence of Christ freely reveals itself to us, everywhere we look.