I will deal with the impact of Vatican II during two periods, before and after 1975, mainly on the Church and on men and women Religious in the south. It is certain that Vatican II has renewed and ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds. It primarily finances the Catholic Church’s central government through ...

It’s a task that applies, in different ways, to both the neo-traditionalist and the post-ecclesial ... my Vatican II theology and spirituality, as both a lay member of the Church and as an ...

Thousands of workers will benefit from Pope Leo’s monetary gift including those who work in the Vatican’s bookstore, clothing ...

The Pope is not merely a spiritual shepherd to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics; he is also a political figure whose influence radiates beyond the Vatican's walls. Throughout history, the papacy has ...

“Francis early on in his tenure strongly affirmed positive Catholic-Jewish relations as an integral part of the post-Vatican II Church,” Marans had said in a statement. “Pope Francis also ...

(Obtained by The Washington Post ... Bishops — the Vatican office that selects bishops. Despite being elevated to one of the most powerful offices within the Catholic Church, Leo insisted ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican ... June 2, Queen Elizabeth II crowned ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been ...

The challenges for Catholics where Prevost grew up are a microcosm of the gargantuan problems facing the Catholic Church ... families in the post-World War II boom. Around the time Prevost ...

Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost – a Chicago native who spent his career ministering to the poor in Peru – has been elected the 267 th pope, marking the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church ...