COMMENTARY: ‘Presbyterorum Ordinis’ manifests a keen awareness of the priest’s special identity and vital mission in the Church.

The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II attempts a Herculean task. Part reference book, part introduction to a complex historical subject, part analysis of a still ongoing reception of the conciliar ...

Whoever came up with the idea of framing the synod working document in terms of questions, rather than a draft text, deserves a bonus, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.

After Vatican II, Catholics worshiped in their own languages, rather than in Latin. By urging Catholics to become more biblically literate, the council inspired lay communities of spiritual ...

(RNS) — Conservatives, reading Vatican II's documents like biblical fundamentalists, miss what it meant to participants. (RNS) — With the passage of 60 years since the opening of the Second ...

Vatican II impact still felt 60 years later as generation that participated passes Pope John XXIII waves a hand in blessing at Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council at St. Peter’s Basilica in ...

Pope Benedict XVI was a framer of the Second Vatican Council and a staunch defender of orthodoxy who clashed with both conservatives and progressives in the church.

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

For Dr. Kwasniewski and many of his fellow traditionalists, modernity is a disaster for the Christian faith, and Vatican II is a perfect instantiation of that disaster.

Vatican II—and its media coverage—has a lesson for today’s synod: Don’t expect immediate results James T. Keane September 12, 2024 ...

Leaked documents claim to present results of a worldwide consultation of bishops on restricting pre-Vatican II Latin Mass ...