Articles on this issue "rites"
The cause of beatification has opened for Sister Maria Laura Mainetti, a 60-year-old religious murdered by three girls during a Satanic rite in 2000. Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini of Como …
read moreLebanon's Maronite bishops have appealed to the country's voters to go to the polls and vote. Monsignor Abou Jaoude, vicar general of the Maronite patriarch, laid out in a press conference the …
read morePresident George Bush met with Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, a strong critic of Syria's control in Lebanon, and reaffirmed that Damascus must withdraw its troops and agents from that country. "I …
read moreJohn Paul II encouraged Eastern-rite Catholics to promote contacts with Orthodox Churches to help overcome the millennium-long schism. The Pope's words were heard today by 150 participants in …
read moreJohn Paul II accepted the resignation of Archbishop John Elya, of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton, in Massachusetts, and appointed Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros of Baalbeck, …
read moreAnswered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum. Q: I would like to ask about the penitential rite at Mass. May any music that speaks …
read moreAnswered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum. Q: This past summer, my parish had a Polka Mass. I didn't feel it was right to go to …
read moreAnswered by Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum. Q: Is it permissible, and/or is there any good reason for a confessor to ask the …
read moreEducation will play a key role in helping to bring about peace in the Holy Land, says an official of the Maronite exarchy. Sobhy Makhoul, secretary of the exarchy and member of the Central …
read moreThe Delhi Archdiocese of the Latin rite has instituted new parishes for Eastern-rite Catholics in its territory, in response to their request for greater autonomy. A decree published May 14 …
read moreFor possibly the first time since 1970, a cardinal celebrated a Mass in Rome according to the so-called St. Pius V rite, in Latin and facing east with the congregation. Cardinal Darío …
read moreIn honor of John Paul II's 25th anniversary of Pontificate, faithful from different countries will celebrate a St. Pius V rite Mass in Rome, May 24, presided over by Cardinal Dario Castrillón …
read moreIn his meeting with students of the Eastern rite Pontifical Seminaries of Rome, John Paul II appealed for peace, development, and religious liberty in countries inhabited by Eastern rite …
read moreThis year's Easter message of the Latin-rite patriarch of Jerusalem is an echo of Jesus' lament for a city that has no peace. In a message presented today, Patriarch Michel Sabbah referred to …
read moreThe resurgence of a new Catholic cathedral in Sofia is due in no small measure to John Paul II's visit to the country. Last May 23, the very day the Pope arrived in Sofia, the government …
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