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… ...

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

COMMENTARY: Vatican II’s often-misread final document is best understood by returning to its central claim: Jesus Christ ...

Thanks to these 23 "mothers of the council," Vatican II’s teachings on women are, for the most part, incorporated into its larger treatment of human dignity, ...

While today’s scholars tend to focus in their study of Vatican II on “what happened at the council” or on how the implementation of the council’s decrees played out, a less developed but ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Presbyterorum Ordinis’ manifests a keen awareness of the priest’s special identity and vital mission in the Church.

JOHN PAUL: The papacy's first composite name was chosen by Cardinal Albino Luciani in 1978 to honor Pope John XXIII, who opened the Vatican Council II process that reformed the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican’s former nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, said Thursday, June 20, 2024, he has been summoned by the Vatican to face charges of schism. Credit: AP/Patrick ...

John Paul II led more than a billion Catholics for 27 years and revolutionized how the church's followers relate to the pope. He traveled to more than 125 countries, logging 680,000 miles of travel.

Thanks to these 23 “mothers of the council,” Vatican II’s teachings on women are, for the most part, incorporated into its larger treatment of human dignity, not segregated into separate ...

JOHN PAUL: The papacy's first composite name was chosen by Cardinal Albino Luciani in 1978 to honor Pope John XXIII, who opened the Vatican Council II process that reformed the Catholic Church ...

The documents produced by Vatican II say relatively little about women, which was, arguably, a victory for female auditors. Many of them mistrusted the council fathers’ view of women as a ...