COMMENTARY: In the fifth chapter of the dogmatic constitution, the Church solemnly proclaimed, for the first time, that all ...

The Second Vatican Council’s vision for the liturgy was rooted in ... By examining the conciliar documents’ treatment of the liturgy and tracing the history of post-conciliar liturgical reform, this ...

In 2018, Pope Francis promulgated the apostolic constitution Veritatis Gaudium, which was a document devoted to the reform of ...

A look back at the Second Vatican Council through the coverage offered by America and Commonweal offers two lessons: First, ...

Apostolic Exhortation on Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania: Walking His Way, Telling His Truth, Living His Life Pope John Paul II Rome, November 22, 2001 Reference to Mary: paragraph 5 and 53, ...

The Mole of Vatican Council II has its strengths and weaknesses ... let readers know that most of it is based on primary source documents: Murphy's articles, diaries, personal letters, interviews ...

One of the recommendations of the first meeting of the Synod on Synodality was to explore ways to improve the quality of ...

THE usual Francis-bashers as hysterical. Heresy! He has preached that the different religions are paths to the same God. He ...

“The Way Forward: Pope Francis, Vatican II, and Synodality,” which took place March 3-4, brought together 80 participants—including cardinals, bishops, and other Catholic Church leaders, as well as ...

The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn ... Now the new documents from the Vatican’s central governing office are fleshing ...

(A list of quotations on the Assumption from post-Vatican II magisterial documents The four dogmas help us distinguish between person and role in the life of Mary. They give us a better understanding ...

The Second Vatican Council officially launched the Catholic Church into the ecumenical movement. A reexamination of these texts more than fifty years later suggests areas of critique as well as ...