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Anatomist of the Catholic collapse in France and beyond

September 13, 2022 John Pepino, PhD 47

Catholic practice collapsed in the West in the 1960s: the statistics are overwhelming. France, the eldest daughter of the Church, went from 25% Sunday Mass attendance in the 1950s to less than 2% now; the […]

The importance of Schuster’s monumental, multi-volume Sacramentary

August 23, 2022 James Baresel 3

Most of those debating the changes in Catholic liturgical life since the 1950s base their positions in—or pay lip service to—the principles of the early to mid-twentieth century “Liturgical Movement.” The argument centers on: whether […]