Vatican II offered nothing less than an utterly new dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. [MORE: Buy the LIFE book, Pope Francis The Vicar of Christ, From Saint Peter to ...

Up through the 1980s, self-identified liberals routinely spoke of the “pre-Vatican II Church” and the “post-Vatican II Church,” almost ... and also one trend of modern theology. On the other, there is ...

While the post-Vatican II Church was growing on paper ... have made him unpopular with progressives seeking a more modern Church. Similar to Benedict, Pope Francis has not been afraid to pick ...

When Pope Paul VI formally closed it last week, church ... modern times and bringing it into closer contact with all men — Catholic or not, Christian or not, religious or not. Vatican II ...

In October 1962 the Second Vatican Council opened the doors of an isolated, ancient Roman Catholic Church to the modern world ... grew up in the post Vatican II years when lay people had to ...

I watched a live video feed as flames engulfed the lead-and-wood roof of the church. As Notre-Dame ... into something much more pedestrian. Vatican II might seem worlds away from discussion ...

However, as a new book on post-Vatican II church architecture shows ... when the three award-winning designs "unashamedly modern in concept, design and construction, using modern materials ...

All of its reforms, whether about liturgy, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue, or education, were all ordered toward one goal: to make the Gospel more accessible to the modern world.

The left argues that the council did not go far enough in its stated purpose: updating the church for the modern world ... Believing that the post-Vatican II church was in chaos, John Paul ...

The archbishop of Luxembourg added that he believes that if Vatican II had not taken place the Church “would have ... who curiously are also a postmodern phenomenon.” “They choose only ...

In the modern era, beginning with the 16th-century Reformation and escalating with the French Revolution and culminating with Vatican II, church leaders have struggled to adapt to life after ...

The image above is of the cathedral of Köln after World War II ... Vatican Council failed on the terms its own supporters set. It was supposed to make the church more dynamic, more attractive to ...