One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach a historical milestone. Dec. 8 ...

COMMENTARY: The early history of the landmark document manifests the significant doctrinal development, which led the ...

COMMENTARY: The declaration of religious freedom shattered the communist claim that there was no sanctuary of personal ...

“Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time,” by by Joshua Koffman at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa., commemorating “Nostra Aetate.” Credit: Wikimedia Commons A week from today will mark the 60th ...

An economics paper published last month on religious service attendance trends in 66 countries concluded that the implementation of reforms associated with the Second Vatican Council likely ...

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Rosary vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2025. Credit: AP ...

In the United States, Catholics kneel during the Eucharistic prayer while Catholics in the rest of the world stand. Many European churches, especially the older ones, do not even have kneelers. After ...

Pope Francis also waived Vatican rules to canonize Pope John XXIII. LONDON, July 5, 2013 — -- He was the "Pilgrim Pope," the man who traveled the world inspiring a young generation of Catholics ...