Diehard traditionalists say the stakes are too high and they don’t feel they have a choice.

Father Ryan contends that the bishops were just “worn down” by the Holy See and so caved in. I disagree.

The case for a grass-roots review of the new Roman Missal

The ministry of the reader at Mass is pivotal to the whole liturgical celebration.

Churches and cathedrals are not merely temples built according to some preconceived pattern to honor the deity, an enterprising designer or a loyal benefactor. They are powerful epiphanies or metaphors of what the church is, how it behaves and what it stands for in the modern world.

John W. O’Malley, S.J.: The ‘how’ of the church changed during the council.