In many ways, the place of human rights in US foreign policy is simply returning to its pre-World War II norm.

The elevation of Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral is acknowledgement at the highest level of Sir Frederick Gibberd’s radical ...

Dubbed "Paddy's Wigwam" by locals the Cathedral which was built between 1962-67, has now been granted Grade I listed status.

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These modest efforts familiarized Catholics with "inculturation," a theme dear to Vatican II and taken up by (Pope John Paul II´s) apostolic exhortation "Ecclesia in Asia" (Church in Asia). The second ...

He is the first pope who was not already a clergyman during Vatican II. If his papacy lasts into his mid-80s, it is very likely that he will also be the last pope with a living memory of the pre ...

Pope Francis accepted Tuesday the early resignation of French Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon following years of Vatican scrutiny over the ordination of clerics using pre-Vatican II ...

Known for his support of the Traditional Latin Mass, Bishop Rey had also ordained diocesan clerics using the 1962 Roman Pontifical. Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon, France. (photo: Claude ...

recognized other key themes that would come to the fore during Vatican II: for example, the need to formulate a Catholic perspective on Sacred Scripture, an openness to ecumenism, the longing for ...

have lived in the pre- and post-Vatican II church. It was a revolution that opened our eyes to what the church could be if we dared. No paywalls here. Thanks to you. As an independent nonprofit ...

In those pre-Vatican II days, the novitiate was what sociologists call a “total institution,” completely isolated from the rest of the world, with no access to newspapers, radio or television.

In pre-Vatican II days, Kupetz said, “the only time a woman could be on the altar was during her wedding.” “It wasn’t so much about compassion and forgiveness,” Mary Beth Zelinsky of ...