The book Christ, Church, Mankind notes John Paul’s ardent passion for Jesus Christ and his efforts to spread that passion as part of the vision of Vatican II.

The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II attempts a Herculean task. Part reference book, part introduction to a complex historical subject, part analysis of a still ongoing reception of the conciliar ...

For those interested in digging deeper into the riches of the Second Vatican Council, two Catholic commentators offer thoughts on the trove of books available on Vatican II.

To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II By George Weigel Basic Books 368 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.

But the drafts that blew into and out of that open “window” are still felt today, 60 years after that the council, popularly known as Vatican II, commenced.

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and the ideological battles that followed the Second Vatican Council.

Sr. Nathalie Becquart, XMCJ, undersecretary of the General Secretariat of the Synod and honorary convenor of the Love Our Pope Movement (LOPM), pays tribute to the third volume of a book series ...

(RNS) — Conservatives, reading Vatican II's documents like biblical fundamentalists, miss what it meant to participants.

A 900-year-old book housed in the Vatican is said to contain a prophecy predicting the date of Judgement Day, when it is believed Jesus Christ will return to judge all of humanity.

Denoël packs an extraordinary and at times overwhelming amount of detail into this enthralling history of espionage and intrigue surrounding the papacy since the start of World War II.

Pope Benedict XVI was a framer of the Second Vatican Council and a staunch defender of orthodoxy who clashed with both conservatives and progressives in the church.