The topic of “synodality,” which is much in the news these days, seems to mean very different things to different people. In many ways, it is a laudable attempt at increasing the participation of ...

The phrase "the spirit of Vatican II" gets tossed around a lot lately, especially by people with clear political agendas. It's become a cudgel for both the left and right, tangled up in the culture ...

Announcing our special series looking at 10 years with Pope Francis, NCR CEO/publisher Joe Ferullo says that Francis is redefining the spirit of Vatican II, and seems to understand the church is once ...

The Rev. Patrick Rogers, a member of the Society of Jesus, is vice president for mission integration at Le Moyne College. His role is to ensure the college is being true to its Jesuit mission efforts.

Vatican II’s discussion of tradition is the authority for the Synod on Synodality’s reflections today, a theologian and Australian Catholic priest told delegates as the assembly’s final week kicked ...

Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 11, 1962. (CNS) The ongoing Synod on Synodality has caused no small amount of discussion about ...

Editor’s Note: This commentary has been copyedited for style. In its dogmatic constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), the Second Vatican Council firmly applied the brakes to “ultramontanism” — the ...

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he begins his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 8, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ ...

FIFTY YEARS ago this month, the Roman Catholic Church embarked on a period of soul-searching that reverberated far beyond St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Pope John XXIII called Catholic bishops across ...

At Rome's Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, 50 years ago this week, the newly elected pontiff stunned the world by calling the first Catholic Church Council in nearly a century — the Second ...

Sponsored by the School of Theology and Ministry, this symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the 150th anniversary of the founding of Boston College. The event happens ...