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AuthorFerre, Frederick
AuthorFerris, Paul
AuthorFerris, Timothy
AuthorFerrone, Rita
Paid articleThe Paschal Mystery (March 2024)
SHORT TAKES RITA FERRONE A Paschal Mystery Why are bishops downplaying a paradigm of the Christian life? When the American bishops produced their multi-year plan for a National Eucha­ristic...
Paid articleA ‘eucharistic ecclesiology’ (October 2023)
RITA FERRONE What Is ‘Eucharistic Ecclesiology’? An apostolic model for becoming a synodal Church The Roman Catholic–Orthodox Joint International Commis­sion for Theological Dialogue...
Paid articleA renewed baptismal ecclesiology (April 2023)
SHORT TAKES RITA FERRONE Back to the Font Baptismal ecclesiology & Vatican II I recently had occasion to visit the church of the parish where I grew up. My family is deeply associated with...
Paid articleThe legacy of Vatican II (December 2022)
SHORT TAKES RITA FERRONE From Lived History to Living Legacy Vatican II at sixty Speaking at Santa Clara Uni­versity in 2015, historian John W. O’Malley, SJ, author of the book What Happened...
Paid articleUnderstanding Desiderio desideravi (September 2022)
ARTICLE Earnest Desire Rita Ferrone Pope Francis’s letter on liturgical formation challenges and affirms the People of God as a whole. Pope Francis’s June 2022 letter on liturgical formation...
Paid articleInstituting women in ministries (April 2022)
RITA FERRONE A Wonderful Complexity What does instituting women in ministries really mean? On the Sunday of the Word of God this year, Pope Francis solemnly instituted lectors...
Paid articleTraditionis custodes (September 2021)
A Living Catholic Tradition Pope Francis unifies the Roman Rite. July 16, 2021 was a great day for the Roman Rite and for the legacy of the Second Vatican Council. Finally, after years of...
Paid articleAgainst lying (April 2021)
Against Lying The Church should be a living witness to the truth. We’re seeing an epidemic of lying in America. In fact, it’s gotten so bad that I wish we would hear more preaching on the...
Paid articleLiturgical inculturation (January 2021)
COLUMN RITA FERRONE 'Our Eucharist Is a Feast' Francis has become a serious advocate for liturgical inculturation. One of the final recommendations from the October 2019 Synod on the Amazon was...
Paid articleJohn Paul II on social sin (September 2020)
COLUMN RITA FERRONE Will Anything Change This Time? John Paul II's call to resist despair—and embrace solidarity In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, public protests across the United...
Paid articleReopening churches (June 2020)
COLUMN RITA FERRONE A Sign of Trouble The bishops’ plan to reopen churches and celebrate Mass is misguided. Their biggest problem? Ignoring the shape of the liturgy. If your church is...
Paid articleFor the Love of the Word (February 2020)
COLUMNS RITA FERRONE For the Love of the Word Francis inaugurates the ‘Sunday of the Word of God’ to renew Catholics’ relationship with Scripture. ope Francis has been acclaimed by the...
Paid article‘The Two Popes’ (January 2020)
SCREEN RITA FERRONE Papal Fiction ‘The Two Popes' The most glorious journey can begin with a mistake.” This is the observation made by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the opening scene of...
Paid articleL’affaire Pachamama (December 2019)
SHORT TAKES RITA FERRONE A Hermeneutic of Suspicion L'affaire Pachamama The Amazon Synod was remarkable for so many good things. Pope Francis showed genuine respect to the indigenous people of...
Paid articleThe Greta Thunberg phenomenon (September 2019)
RITA FERRONE Theater or Prophecy? It isn't enough for adults to applaud Greta Thunberg. They have their own work to do, and sacrifices to make. All eyes have been on Greta Thunberg, the...
Paid articleWhy the 'Metropolitan Plan' Doesn't Work (August 2019)
SHORT TAKES Rita Ferrone Why the ‘Metropolitan Plan’ Doesn’t Work EXHIBIT A: BISHOP BRANSFIELD The now-glaring weakness of the USCCB’s 2002 Dallas Charter for the Protection of Children...
Paid articleLearning to Notice (June 2019)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Learning to Notice HOW MYSTAGOGY OPENS UP THE LITURGY How do we "live from the liturgy"? This question is at the heart of a book about mystago-gy, The Spiritual Meaning...
Paid articleDon't Blame the Patriarchy (May 2019)
Rita Ferrone Don't Blame the Patriarchy WHAT THE 'WOMEN CHURCH WORLD' RESIGNATIONS REALLY MEAN I've never been much enamored of the idea of a "women's supplement" to L'Osservatore Romano. What...
Paid articleFlavor of the Gospel (April 2019)
ARTICLES Flavor of the Gospel The Abuse Crisis as Prophecy & Pascha Rita Ferrone When Pope Francis wrote to the American bishops concerning the abuse crisis, he observed that "many actions can...
Paid articleBetter Together (March 2019)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Better Together WOMEN, MEN, AND THE DIACONATE At a recent symposium on "The Future of Women Deacons" held at Fordham University, Fr. Bernard Pottier, SJ, made a comment...
Paid articleLiving into Laudato si' (January 2019)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Living into Laudato siy THE PHILIPPINE BISHOPS LEAD THE WAY If you want to see an inspiring example of engagement with Laudato si'—Pope Francis's encyclical on the...
Paid articleUnjust and Unjustified (November 2018)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Unjust and Unjustifed THE STRANGE 'TESTIMONIES' OF CARLO MARIA VIGANO Very much tongue-in-cheek, the editors of the well-respected Italian-language church-news site, II...
Paid articleTaking on Abuse in Chile (June 2018)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Taking on Abuse in Chile WHAT FRANCIS IS UP AGAINST On May 18, all the bishops in Chile offered Pope Francis their resignation en masse in response to the clergy...
Paid articleSign Me Up (April 2018)
Rita Ferrone Sign Me Up EASTER IS A BEGINNING, NOT AN ENDING In the scriptures the number fifty is a mystical number. It is associated with deliverance. The jubilee year, described in the Book of...
Paid articleCardinal Sarah Does It Again (March 2018)
Rita Ferrone Cardinal Sarah Does It Again IS IT TIME FOR THE POPE TO GET RID OF HIM? In an arena where, arguably, the most important thing he could do is to encourage charity and an irenic spirit...
Paid articleWhat Did I Just Pray? (February 2018)
Rita Ferrone What Did I Just Pray? WHY WE STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT LITURGICAL TRANSLATION One of Pope Francis’s noteworthy leadership qualities is that he firmly believes in the value of...
Paid articleChanging the Atmosphere (December 2017)
Rita Ferrone Changing the Atmosphere WHY POPE FRANCIS'S SUPPORTERS SHOULD MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD There’s a perception out there— especially in the Englishspeaking world—that the Catholic Church...
Paid articleCardinal Virtues (June 2017)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Cardinal Virtues WHY CHARACTER MATTERS TO FRANCIS AS MUCH AS GEOGRAPHY When Pope Francis announced another five appointments to the College of Cardinals last month,...
Paid articleReform of the Reform (February 2017)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Reform of the Reform ROME REVISITS 'LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM' The tightly controlled and highly centralized approach to the translation of liturgical texts that has reigned...
Paid articleDon't Scatter the Ashes-or Wear Them (December 2016)
COLUMNISTS Rita Ferrone Don't Scatter the Ashes—or Wear Them THE BODY'S NOT A PRISON. ITS REMAINS ARE NOT A KEEPSAKE. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) issued a statement in...
Paid articleStill Point of the Turning World (October 2016)
Rita Ferrone Still Point of the Turning World WHY PRIESTS SHOULD FACE THE PEOPLE DURING MASS Romano Guardini, an influential figure in the liturgical movement of the early twentieth century, was...
Paid articleSaint Phoebe, Pray for Us (July 2016)
Rita Ferrone Saint Phoebe, Pray for Us WILL THE CHURCH GET WOMEN DEACONS? At this fall's Synod on the Family, Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Quebec asked that the ordination of women as...
Paid article'His Own Received Him Not' (December 2015)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone ‘His Own Received Him Not’ THE PERFECT—AND NEGLECTED-GOSPEL READING FOR CHRISTMAS The prologue of John’s gospel has everything: poetry, mysticism, creation, redemption. It...
Paid articleLate to the Font (October 2015)
Late to the Font Whatever Happened to Adult Baptism ? Rita Ferrone Discussions of the state of U.S. Catholicism today often fail to note a worrisome trend: a steep recent drop in the number of...
Paid articleUnction Dysfunction (September 2015)
Rita Ferrone Unction Dysfunction LET NONPRIESTS ANOINT THE SICK When we look into the eyes of someone sick and suffering, it tests our Christianity. It tests what we're made of, because it's hard...
Paid articleSlap Them Sooner (July 2015)
Rita Ferrone Slap Them Sooner WHY CONFIRMATION & FIRST COMMUNION SHOULD GO TOGETHER It seems like all my life people have been arguing about the appropriate age of confirmation. Should it be...
Paid articleEasy Does it (October 2014)
Rita Ferrone Easy Does It ROME PUTS A DAMPER ON THE SIGN OF PEACE In a July letter, the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDWDS) warned against...
Paid articleTake this Chalice-Please (July 2014)
Rita Ferrone Take This Chalice—Please WHY 'CUP' IS THE RIGHT WORD IN THE MASS The results of a recent survey by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate indicate that more than half the...
Paid articleRoom at the Font (May 2014)
COLUMNIST Rita Ferrone Room at the Font IS THE RCIA STILL WORKING? It's the night of the Easter Vigil. After the lighting of the new fire, the glow of candles in a darkened church is a vivid...
Paid articleVatican II And True Reform (April 2013)
Rita Ferrone Praying with the Council Vatican II The Battle for Meaning Massimo Faggioli Paulist Press, $14.95, 144 pp. True Reform Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum...
Paid articleIt Doesn't Sing (July 2011)
ARTICLE It Doesn't Sing The Trouble with the New Roman Missal Rita Ferrone Beginning in Advent of this year, the language of the Mass will be very different. A new translation of the Roman...
Paid articleChristmas Critics (December 2010)
Rita Ferrone The history of Catholic spirituality in America is an intriguing subject, especially this time of year, and James P. McCartin presents it with admirable clarity and rich detail in his...
Paid articleReforming the Liturgy (April 2009)
This thoughtful and judicious book by a prominent American liturgical scholar reports on and evaluates several now familiar critiques of the reform of Catholic liturgy promulgated...
Paid articleVirgil & the Vigil (April 2009)
With so many scientists, beekeepers, and agricultural stakeholders in a lather over “colony collapse disorder”—the mysterious phenomenon that is causing the disappearance of millions of honeybees...
Paid articleAfter School (March 2008)
The last Word After School Rita Ferrone W hen I worked in a parish, one of my responsibilities was to conduct baptismal catechesis for parents of infants. Occasionally a parent would...
Paid articleUncommon Opportunity : Muslims & Christians together (January 2008)
tifical Council on Interreligious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, made some positive comments, but Pope Bene-dict initially remained silent, creating speculation that he disagreed with the...
Paid articleThe Old Rite Returns (August 2007)
ing what has been gained, like the householder who brings forth both new and old (Matthew 13:52). To those who would ban one Mass in favor of the other, I ask: Which one announces the more...
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