COMMENTARY: Pope St. John Paul II called him ‘the saint of ordinary life,’ but we could also name him the apostle of the ...

A Franciscan priest in Vietnam says the Second Vatican Council spurred a deep renewal of the local Catholic Church that spanned years of division and war. The Vietnam War lasted almost 20 years until ...

Father Arrupe’s intense desire for union with the heart of Christ gave him strength as he ministered to victims of the ...

COMMENTARY: A true Eucharistic revival depends not on uniformity of rites, but on unity of faith and reverence across ...

Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for ...

The pope addressed the synod’s 16th ordinary council at its offices just outside the Vatican, where members are meeting June ...

Is compromise possible that can respect both unity and diversity in the church? After the Second Vatican Council, the liturgy ...

The concept of human rights within Catholic teaching is not a recent addition but rather has roots extending back to the ...

In selecting the name he did, Pope Leo XIV “grafted” his pontificate onto that of Pope Leo XIII, and made a priority of ...

He aligned himself with the Second Vatican Council especially by signing the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together in 2019 with the grand imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb, ...

Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the world to promote the common good, warning especially of the threat to human ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed new members to the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL), including two Archbishops, two Bishops, and a Priest ...