Recent articles in several religious journals have criticized the encroachment of a “liturgical movement” on the formerly “informal” denominations, such as the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist ...

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.

Liturgy lies at the heart of our dynamic, thriving community. Whether it’s Eucharist or another rite, every liturgical celebration at CSTM features students, staff, and faculty—women and men of ...

The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments will hold its annual plenary assembly Feb. 6-9 at the Jesuit Curia in Rome. Pope Francis with Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Liturgy” derives from Greek words meaning work of the people, but in Roman Catholicism it often seems to be exclusively a job for priests. Compared with most Protestant denominations, in which ...

Many of us experience a special energy in worship when routine liturgical acts take place outside the church walls: processing around the block on Palm Sunday, offering ashes to strangers at a subway ...

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 ...

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 ...