Sunday Mass: Days of Obligation With No Priest?
If I cannot attend Sunday Mass at my own parish but only a Communion service, does this fulfil the Sunday obligation? Must I attend Mass at another parish?
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Pope: Stop taking Smartphone Snapshots during Mass
The Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving presence of Christ, Pope Francis said
Mass Translations: Bishops Can Now Approve Them
A document released by Pope Francis that gives bishops’ conferences greater power in introducing liturgical texts will have no immediate impact on the current English missal but will facilitate the approval of translations into South Africa’s other languages, according to the bishop responsible for liturgy in Southern Africa.
Mass to Honour Care of Creation
Staff at Khanya House in Pretoria, headquarters of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, celebrated World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation with a Mass.
Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Homily by Fr John Allen Green OFM
24th Sunday: Matthew 18:21-35 – Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how...
1.1 Million at Papal Mass in Bogota
More than 1.1 million people gathered in the park for Mass in Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park. Many of them were soaked in a rainstorm before the pope arrived, but as Mass began, bits of blue sky began to appear.
We Must Fully Honour God First
-It is quite true that Jesus’ death on the Cross offered to God all the glory our sins deprive him of, but we have to acknowledge that, especially at Mass, and prayerfully accept it.
The Validity of Matter for the Eucharist
The validity and worthiness of the bread and wine used for the celebration of the Eucharist must be ensured, the...
Q-and-A on the Vatican’s Recent Instruction on Bread, Wine for Communion
The Vatican recently published a circular letter, “On the bread and wine for the Eucharist,” sent to diocesan bishops at...
