Bishops attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis for the closing of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 29, 2023.

During his extensive homily, on the occasion of the feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrating the same day the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Vatican II Council, Pope Benedict said ...

After Pope Francis opens the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 8, the 50th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council, Holy Doors will be opened in all the cathedrals of ...

Prelates and religious dignitaries from around the world fill St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as a concelebrated Mass opens the Second Vatican Council on Oct. 11, 1962. RNS archive photo ...

The draft of the decree, intended for discussion during Vatican II, referred to the mass media as among the “wonderful technological discoveries” that human ingenuity has brought about from ...

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, which opened the Catholic Church's window onto the modern world. Among other things, it gave a larger role to lay ...

Still, a small number of Catholics remained attached to the pre-Vatican II Mass and Pope Francis’ July 2021 decree, “Traditionis Custodes,” has caused them deep pain and sadness.

Closing arguments in Vatican trial seek to expose problems in the city state’s legal system . Nov. 22, 2023 at 12:28 pm Updated Nov. 22, 2023 at 12:43 pm . By . NICOLE WINFIELD.

Pope Francis on Oct. 11 marked the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council by pleading for the church to "overcome all polarization and preserve our communion." ...

The Vatican on Saturday warned conservative Roman Catholics who have balked at Pope Francis' decision to restrict the old traditionalist Latin Mass that they were sowing division and engaging in ...

WASHINGTON — Catholics who witnessed the liturgical changes after the Second Vatican Council tend to recall two things about them: Mass in their native language, instead of Latin, and the priest ...