The mood of worship has changed in many Christian congregations. In sermons, priests and pastors are encouraging a sense of preparation for Christmas. Their words are echoed in the penitential color ...

Liturgical worship is the rage among many evangelicals. ‘Not so fast,’ says a liturgical Christian. The service was undeniably beautiful. Dedicated pastors and volunteers had planned it for weeks.

Msgr. Gerard O’Connor, director of the Office for Worship for the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon, sheds light on what parishes across the country can do to strengthen liturgical practices in light of ...

The faithful can expect a new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours by Easter 2027, according to Bishop Steven J.

I learned to install a door one day in small-town Arkansas, on a nondescript tract home with pinkish, mottled brick that was dated even before the mason finished his work. The door was delivered from ...

America’s youth are leaving churches in droves. One in four young adults choose “unaffiliated” when asked about their religion, according to a 2012 Public Religion Research Institute poll, and 55 ...

Pope Francis said Saturday that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.” “I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, ...

The liturgy wars just aren’t what they used to be. That’s an observation, not a lament. Sure, some places and parishes still suffer liturgical silliness. But those are isolated and usually due to ...

Although many others have written on the subject, the name of Anscar J. Chupungco is synonymous with the inculturation of the liturgy. One does not lightly pass up what Chupungco has to say about ...

The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, is astonishing. From the outside, it appears as though a spaceship decided to land on the banks of Lake Merritt, while the interior reminds ...

In exploring the minister’s public obligations, it would seem sensible to bypass the activity of worship and concentrate on the minister’s social service, on the grounds that the latter bears most ...

The liturgy, Pope Francis said Thursday, cannot be reduced to a matter of taste, becoming the subject of ideological polarization, because it is a primary way Catholics encounter the Lord. There is a ...