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Appealing to need for unity, pope restores limits on pre-Vatican II Mass


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Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the celebration of the Mass according to the Roman Missal in use before the Second Vatican Council, overturning or severely restricting permissions St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had given to celebrate the so-called Tridentine-rite Mass.

What will we sing in heaven?


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Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Divine Worship, Easter, Feature, Guest Commentary

If we allow the graces of the cross to take away all in our lives that is not of God, we will eventually be ready to celebrate the perpetual Easter of heaven, in which we will sing “Holy, holy, holy,” and “Glory to God in the highest,” and “Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia,” without end, rejoicing with all the angels and saints in God’s presence forever.

Change coming to prayer at Mass


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Observant Mass-goers will detect a change in one of the prayers used at Mass beginning Ash Wednesday when priests will begin omitting the word “one” in the concluding doxology of the collect prayers that currently are translated as “…in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.”

Doctrine committee sets standards for evaluating, improving church hymns


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Catholic News Service Filed Under: Divine Worship, Eucharist, Feature, News, World News

Expressing concern for the doctrinal soundness of some of the lyrics of Catholic hymns now available for use in Catholic liturgies, the U.S. bishops’ doctrine committee in a forthcoming report suggests guidelines for bishops in evaluating hymn lyrics and for selecting hymnals being considered for use in churches.