In the same solemn ceremony Nov. 21, 1964, in which Pope St. Paul VI promulgated Vatican II’s Dogmatic ... knowledge and collaboration with separated brethren. In addition to this acknowledgment ...

Pope John XXIII, who, by convening the Ecumenical Council called Vatican II ... friendship to non-Catholics—he calls them “separated brethren”—he demonstrated that the walls ...

One of my fellow Jesuits in training dismissed the concern with a remark along the following lines: “Don’t let the culture wars define you; after all, even Vatican II teaches that there’s a ...

Perhaps most importantly, Vatican II designated Protestants as “separated brethren.” Additionally, Vatican II opened the door for Pope John Paul II to become one of the most eloquent spokespersons for ...

(RNS) — Conservatives, reading Vatican II's documents like biblical fundamentalists, miss what it meant to participants. (RNS) — With the passage of 60 years since the opening of the Second ...

Mr. Douthat contends that Vatican II incited a never-ending struggle among the faithful. Vatican II created “intractable-seeming divisions” that leave “contemporary Catholicism facing a set ...

including her separated children. The Council would seek to carry out this goal in many significant ways. Vatican II’s Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, offers a rich vision of the ...

After Vatican II, Catholics worshiped in their own languages, rather than in Latin. By urging Catholics to become more biblically literate, the council inspired lay communities of spiritual ...

Here’s some background: The Roman Missal, the book containing the text and instructions for the celebration of the Mass, dates back to 1970 and was put into effect after the Second Vatican Council ...