Rita Ferrone is the author of several books about liturgy, including Pastoral Guide to Pope Francis’s Desiderio Desideravi (Liturgical Press). She is a contributing writer to Commonweal.
Feature Found in Yonkers Why Catholics should acknowledge the authentically Christian character of the Assyrian Church By Rita Ferrone May 23, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Ecumenism Liturgy Middle East
Feature A Deeper Reckoning The case of Bishop Juan Barros is about more than Pope Francis. It is about whether and how a local church hierarchy can credibly reform itself By Rita Ferrone May 10, 2018 Pope Francis Sexual-abuse Crisis
Article There Are Also Women There Women are usually in the background of papal statements, if they appear at all. Not this time By Rita Ferrone April 10, 2018 Pope Francis Gender
Article Sign Me Up How can we recover a robust sense of the fifty days of Easter? By Rita Ferrone April 2, 2018 Liturgy Theology U.S. Catholicism
Article Cardinal Sarah Does It Again Cardinal Sarah—despite holding a mainstream office—really does not speak for the mainstream of the church By Rita Ferrone February 27, 2018 Bishops Liturgy U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis
Article What Did I Just Pray? Why we still need to talk about liturgical translation By Rita Ferrone January 30, 2018 U.S. Catholicism Bishops Liturgy Columnists
