
Back in 2002, while still a professor at the University of Munich, Father Gerhard Müller asked the Church a provocative question: “Can mankind understand the spirit of the liturgy anymore?” This expression, “the spirit of the liturgy,” is not, of course, a nod to some pseudo-spirit of the Second Vatican Council, but to that substantial spirit spoken of by Romano Guardini in 1918 and, later, by Joseph Ratzinger in 2000.
Continue reading »As the gateway to the Church, the Sacrament of Baptism calls for the baptismal font to be a vital element of church architecture—as Denis McNamara explains.
Continue reading »An early December story in The Hollywood Reporter recounts the first time that actress Meryl Streep and legendary director Steven Spielberg met. “Most of the time,” Streep recalled in the December 5 story by Peter Galloway, she and Spielberg “talked about how his property was haunted and did I know anybody who did exorcisms? And of course, I did. I got him a priest.”
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Vexed and Perplexed… Dear Editor, Our pastor in his homily last weekend made a statement that really startled me. He…
The answer to this question—if, indeed, there is a clear answer—requires some preliminary groundwork.
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An inspiration to popes and a central figure in Catholic liturgical reform of the 20th century, Father Romano Guardini will…
On November 3, during a memorial Mass for the 14 cardinals and bishops who died last year, Pope Francis spoke…