If I could only pick one or the other, I’d have to say I’m a Novus Ordo Catholic. It’s the Mass I’ve attended for most of my 65 years. My early childhood preceded the Novus Ordo, so I had nine years in the Latin Mass, but it was mostly prior to the age of reason….
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This lovely liturgical season of Advent is more than a sentimental journey to the side of the manger with an ox and an ass and some straw strewn around for ambience. We Christians fast before our feasts with vigils and with whole seasons. Advent, dressed in violet and not white, is therefore penitential. We sing…
Pope Francis celebrates his birthday on Dec. 17, 2023, with children and families who are assisted by the Vatican’s Santa Marta Pediatric Dispensary. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2023 / 13:50 pm (CNA). Pope Francis celebrated his 87th birthday on Sunday morning ahead of his weekly Angelus by meeting with children and…
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Pope Francis waves to pilgrims during his Angelus address on Dec. 17, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2023 / 11:20 am (CNA). In the latest sign of escalating strain between the Holy See and Israel over the mounting civilian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis after his Angelus address…
A member of the crowd in St. Peter’s Square holds up a baby Jesus figure for a blessing by Pope Francis at his Sunday Angelus Dec. 17, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Dec 17, 2023 / 12:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis reflected on St. John the Baptist as a luminous figure who testifies…
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