"Vatican II did not drop out of the sky," writes Michael Sean Winters. "There were three essential precursors to St. John XXIII's decision in 1959 to announce he was calling an ecumenical council." ...

Michael Sean Winters hopes that all Catholics will take a moment and hear what Pope Leo is highlighting for us. These short ...

On that windy Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, 1965, the Second Vatican Council came to an end. In the presence of more than 2,300 Council Fathers, mostly bishops, and some 300,000 faithful gathered in St.

Recently, Pope Benedict XVI, now Pope Emeritus, criticized the media for it’s continued misrepresenting of Vatican II. In response, NET (New Evangelization Television) debuted a 10-part weekly series ...

Last Wednesday, Cardinal Avery Dulles addressed a crowd of Georgetown University students and staff in the ICC Auditorium. Because of this month’s celebration of the Second Vatican Ecumenical ...

ROME – Cardinal Agostino Marchetto, considered one of the “honorary” cardinals created by Pope Francis because he’s already over 80 and thus ineligible to participate in the next conclave, and a ...

Those most enthusiastic about the Synod on Synodality that opens on Oct. 4 are wont to say that it’s the most important Catholic event since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) — a claim that ...

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