Why the Novus Ordo Needs Gregorian Chant
by John T. KnowlesWhile the liturgy wars rage, the litigants do little about a glaring problem: People are leaving our communities of worship. Continue Reading »
Mass and Memory
by Martin MosebachPope Francis is roused by something that troubles him: the tradition of the Church. Continue Reading »
Liberal Authoritarianism and the Traditional Latin Mass
by George WeigelThe recent apostolic letter Traditionis Custodes was theologically incoherent, pastorally divisive, unnecessary, cruel. Continue Reading »
For Pope Francis, the Mass is the Message
by Raymond J. de SouzaThe old Mass has been done down by new technology. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis and the Tridentine Mass
by Douglas FarrowPope Francis seems to have weaponized the Latin Mass in the very act of suppressing it. Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousI don’t suppose it will be easy for Carl Trueman (“Turning Inward,” December 2019) and me to avoid talking past each other, but let’s give it a try. My book, The Meaning of Protestant Theology, is not an effort to engage with secondary literature. (Gerhard Forde? Never read him; don’t . . . . Continue Reading »
Failed Leaders
by R. R. RenoSuicides among Americans aged ten to twenty-four increased by more than 50 percent between 2007 and 2017. The suicide rate for all ages rose by nearly 30 percent between 1999 and 2016. This is not an isolated trend. Life expectancy in the United States is falling, a shocking trend for a rich . . . . Continue Reading »
The Reformed Liturgy, 50 Years Later
by George WeigelFifty years ago, the Catholic Church marked the First Sunday of Advent with the universal implementation of the revised Roman Rite of the Mass. The liturgy wars have not abated since. Continue Reading »
Orthodoxy and the Latin Mass
by Audra DugandzicA study on Traditional Latin Mass attendees suffers from several fatal flaws. Continue Reading »
Liturgy and Laity
by Alcuin ReidUna Voce: The History of the Foederatio Internationalis Una Voce by leo darroch gracewing, 504 pages, $35 In 1965, Evelyn Waugh wrote to the archbishop of Westminster of the growing tide of liturgical changes: “Every attendance at Mass leaves me without comfort or edification. I shall . . . . Continue Reading »
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