As the church commemorates 60 years since the closing of Vatican II, here are seven key issues and documents that serve as ...

Vatican II is still an ongoing project as we all dig deeper into its treasures, hold ourselves accountable for any ...

Pope John XXIII’s goal was to promote evangelism, not to accept secularism.

Vatican II closed 60 years ago this week. One of its final documents, “Gaudium et Spes,” has also proved to be perhaps its ...

COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.

Germain Grisez is one of America’s most respected Catholic philosophers. For 30 years, until 2009, he held the Most Rev. Harry J. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics chair at Mount St. Mary’s ...

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are ...

The Vatican Secretariat of State made public a statement today that outlines several points the Lefebvrists must accept in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s lifting of the excommunication of four ...

One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach a historical milestone. Dec. 8 marks the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council – ...

Pope Francis meets with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023, ahead of an ecumenical prayer vigil for the ...