COMMENTARY: ‘Apostolicam Actuositatem’ manifests a profoundly renewed vision of the role of the laity in the Church’s saving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

There has been a veritable 'persecution' against the Latin Mass by Pope Francis and the Vatican structures. American Cardinal ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past. Vatican watchers wonder if Leo’s sartorial choices mean a return to the past ...

LMS's general manager, Richard Pickett, told OSV News traditionalist Catholics were grateful to bishops who had permitted ...

On July 16, 2021, Pope Francis released the apostolic letter Traditionis custodes, a special papal motu proprio that sought to enforce specific guidelines on the liturgy of the Catholic Mass.