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

Dei Verbum” doesn’t usually get the press of the more famous documents of Vatican II, but it had a profound effect on the way ...

EDITORIAL: Distortions of its teachings threaten to obscure the impact of the Second Vatican Council; a recommitment to receiving conciliar teachings in fidelity to the Gospel is the only way forward.

Last Friday, I began a review of the new Oxford Handbook of Vatican II, edited by Massimo Faggioli and Catherine Clifford, focusing exclusively on the opening section of the book, which serves as a ...

Some of the most resonant and memorable phrases of Vatican II come from “Lumen Gentium,” including the description of the ...

On the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to leave behind criticism and anger and to live the faith with joy. “May the Church be overcome ...

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

Pope Paul VI presides over a meeting of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in 1963. (Credit: CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo.) Listen ROME – As the Catholic Church marks ...

The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, better known as Vatican II, will produce lots of hot takes on the famous mid-twentieth century gathering of the Catholic hierarchy. Most ...

There are many “restorers” in the United States who do not accept the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday. Speaking to the editors of Jesuit journals, he ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, left behind an extensive body of work examining and diagnosing ills in the Catholic Church. A theological and spiritual giant to many, Benedict's ...

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