There is no simple answer to whether applause is appropriate in the liturgy. It really depends on who the Catholics are and why they might be clapping...
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Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
With the diocesan chancery ground zero in the sex abuse crisis, now is a good time to ask whether a renovation might be in order. “I want you to get up...
The first language of Christian liturgy was Aramaic, the common language of the first Christians, who were Palestinian Jews. While Hebrew was the language of...
Why the new Mass prayers may be confusing. I was leading a group discussion on the merits of the renewed liturgy of Vatican II when John, a middle-aged...
U.S. Catholic has helped Latinos claim their rightful place in the church. Part of a series on U.S. Catholic’s 75th anniversary. There’s been a...
At the end of 1968 a poet and an artist looked back on a tragic year. Part of a series on U.S. Catholic's 75th anniversary. The December 1968 issue of U.S...
How U.S. Catholic got its start 75 years ago This year marks the 75th anniversary of U.S. Catholic magazine, and throughout 2010 we will dig into our...
Every doctrine or practice familiar to Catholics has a history of its own, and some official expressions of church teaching are quite recent, such as the...
In the 11th century, St. Anselm of Canterbury described theology as fides quaerens intellectum, “faith seeking understanding.” A monk who eventually served as...
On Aug. 6, 1976 Dorothy Day was invited to address the World Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. The date of her talk was, of course, the Feast of the...
