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Lengthy, abstract homilies are “a disaster,” so preaching should be limited to 10 minutes, Pope Francis said to diocesan liturgical directors on Jan. 20.

Pope encourages liturgists to fight against sloppy, neglected, poorly prepared Masses

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“Authentic communion consists in accepting differences and respecting them through mutual humility and fraternal encounter,” says Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako

By Len Port Pope Emeritus Benedict XVl has been buried. Pope Francis has mobility impairment. The Catholic religion is in decline. However, the Sanctuary

While the brilliance of this intellectual legacy will certainly endure, it will also have to contend with the shadows of the numerous controversies that marked Benedict’s time as pope and, later, as pope emeritus.

Much has been written this week about Pope Benedict. In the past, it was customary not to speak ill of the dead.

To his supporters, the cardinal was at the heart of the struggle for the soul of the church in a secular world. To his enemies, he was a dogmatic and abrasive bully who surrounded himself with yes-men.

Archbishop Georg Gänswein is publishing a memoir of his years with Pope Benedict. But the archbishop is a compelling figure in and of himself.

Much has been written this week about Pope Benedict. In the past, it was customary not to speak ill of the dead. I respect that custom, yet it is also necessary to tell the truth or at least not to tell lies.