“Preaching at the opening Mass of the International Congress of African Liturgists on Dec 4 in Dakar (Senegal), the Guinean cardinal said efforts "to sprinkle African and Asian elements into the liturgy" are "distorting the paschal mystery". There is more than a little cultural snobbery here!”
“Pope Francis has challenged Catholics in Hungary to be more welcoming and accepting of others, including refugees and immigrants, an extremely sensitive issue in this Central European nation led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.”
“Pope Francis has urged the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a majority Christian nation that has seen its eastern provinces devastated by several decades of war, to bring about peace through "forgiveness, community and mission".”
“A laywoman of the Catholic Diocese of Chur in German-speaking Switzerland has come under investigation for concelebrating the Eucharist at a liturgy to mark her retirement as a pastoral worker.”
“Tears flowed at the expansive hall of the Mydas Hotel in Ondo State, South-West, Nigeria as Catholic families and friends of the victims of the terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church Owo were honored in a moving funeral Mass. Speaking at the Mass on June 17, Bp Jude Arogundade of Ondo”
“The problem, however, was that a woman also proclaimed the Gospel,.... Following the Gospel proclamation, the assembly broke into small groups to share personal reflections. Afterwards, a woman who has studied theology then offered a five-minute commentary.”
“I was disappointed that he did not address directly the loss of so many from the practice of the faith before and during pandemic, the limitations of the virtual Mass, or the polarizing divisions in the Church that have made the Eucharist a sign of division. ”
“Many have dismissed Pope Francis's motu proprio as meaningless or just a bit of legal tidying up, but it might be the start of a whole new direction in our celebrations – if we take him seriously.”
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