The full text of Pope Leo XIV’s speech at the conclusion of the January 7–8 consistory, published today, announces a new ...

With her new study of Marie-Dominique Chenu, O.P., Mary Kate Holman offers a major contribution to ressourcement scholarship ...

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ ...

Spain’s government and the country’s Catholic bishops have agreed to a joint plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse by ...

Strong departments of justice and finance are essential if the Vatican is going to operate effectively and efficiently ...

The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons, but this year’s storms exposed something far uglier: a vast corruption scandal. On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks to Bloomberg’s ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The plan to take down Jacobson Moore didn’t exactly go as planned once Matty found herself growing ...

On that windy Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, 1965, the Second Vatican Council came to an end. In the presence of more than 2,300 Council Fathers, mostly bishops, and some 300,000 faithful gathered in St.

The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the face of the Church, and opened it to the modern world. The council, opened ...

How did the new pope win over his colleagues and what does he bring to the role from his upbringing in Chicago and his work in Peru? Photo: Vatican Media/IPA via ZUMA Press The Second Vatican Council, ...

Pope Paul VI presides over a 1963 session of Vatican II. Credit: CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo. The constitution, wrote America associate editor Donald R. Campion, S.J., shortly after its publication ...

The Vatican shared the spotlight with Hollywood on Saturday as Pope Leo XIV hosted dozens of stars, including Cate Blanchett, Spike Lee and Monica Bellucci for a special audience celebrating the power ...