Dear Friends in Christ, The Synod of Bishops is a permanent consultative body in the Church established by Pope Paul VI in the years just after the Second Vatican Council, and it meets periodically to allow representatives from the episcopal conferences of every nation to deliberate on matters of general concern to the universal Church…

Dear Friends in Christ, Last week I described the care we take here in planning and celebrating the sacred liturgy, and I began by invoking the fifth of the Eight Principles of Evangelical Catholicism, which says in part: “The sacred liturgy, through which the seven Sacraments are celebrated and the Hours of praise are prayed,…