Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

One former student called the longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor "an intellectual who loved to think." ...

Badar, Fauzia and Karim—three people from different walks of life—come of age in Tanzania. The author’s first novel since ...

Greek delegation heads to Egypt after court ruling challenges Saint Catherine Monastery's ownership and autonomy in Sinai.

Representatives from 16 world Communions gathered in Assisi from May 5-7, to discuss the development of a common liturgical ...

The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, is still accepted as authoritative by the Catholic Church, the ...

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ut unum sint, Pope St John Paul II’s landmark encyclical on ecumenism, signed on May ...

To celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea is, first and foremost, to celebrate Jesus Christ, the eternal ...

To the Plenitude of the Church: May God’s Grace and Peace be with you!

A Franciscan priest in Vietnam says the Second Vatican Council spurred a deep renewal of the local Catholic Church that spanned years of division and war. The Vietnam War lasted almost 20 years until ...

has put both initiatives into the furrow of the Second Vatican Council and the Jubilee Year, placing the contemplation of Christ's face at the center of the Church's efforts (cf. Mane nobiscum ...