Doug Culp
is the Chief Operating Officer for the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States.
Theology 101
It is Right to Give God Thanks and Praise: the Eucharistic Prayer
The eucharistic prayer is the center and summit of our entire celeb...
What Will We Be Saying at Mass? Preface Dialogue, Preface and Sanctus
The center and summit of the Mass is the eucharistic prayer, our gr...
What Will We Be Praying at Mass? The Presidential Prayers - Propers
Four times during the Mass, the priest, who presides over the assem...
The Roman Missal: The Gloria
Adoxology is a “word of praise” and we have several in our Mass tha...
The Roman Missal: The Penitential Act
An ancient document called the Didache (c.60) noted that the people...
What Will We Be Saying Differently at Mass?
On the First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, 2011, all Catholic churches...
Translating the Roman Missal
For more than 2,000 years, the Church has paid careful attention to...
The History of Liturgical Books – Part II
Rita Thiron is director of the Office of Worship for the Catholic D...
The History of Liturgical Books
We reverently carry in the Book of Gospels in the opening processio...
Why Do We Do That at Mass?
In the middle of the second century, St. Justin Martyr wrote to Ant...
‘With Hearts and Hands and Voices’
On Dec.4, 1963, inspired by the Holy Spirit, the bishops of the wor...
Singing at Liturgy
Part 3 of a 14-part series
When they crossed through the Red Sea, ...
A Different Way to Track Time – the Liturgical Year
We live by our schedules. We check the clock, consult our electroni...
Same Mass – New Words What is Liturgy? Part 1 of a 14-Part Series
In the next year or so, a new edition of the Roman Missal will be i...
How Can You Know What the Bible Really Means?
Father Robert Schoenstene, S.S.L., is Assistant Professor, Departme...
Q: What Does the Church Mean When It Says That the Sacred Scriptures Are Inspired?
Father Robert Schoenstene, S.S.L., is Assistant Professor, Departme...
How Would You Explain Theology to a Teenager?
Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...
What Can We Learn From the Universal Church?
Q: The American church is sometimes said to see its own issues as u...
Why Do We Have Deacons?
Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...
What Was the Second Vatican Council Really Like?
Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...
How Priests’ Lives Are Changing
Q. As the number of clergy decrease, how do you see the role of the...
Who is Jesus?
Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...
Pray Alone or Together?
Q. We’ve seen a decline in Mass attendance over the last couple of ...
Why Do We Need the Church?
Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...
Did God Create Evil?
FAITH interviewed Father Gladstone Stevens, who is vice-rector...