Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)

Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray published a collection of essays in 1960 which have proved to be a distinguished intellectual landmark in the project of integrating Catholicism and Americanism.

Many cardinals have had books written about them, but few have become the fictionalized heroes of best-selling novels.

“When we participate in the Eucharist, we are invited to listen to the Word of God and to be nourished at the Lord’s table, where he offers himself to the …

That the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ makes good sense, given the Eucharist’s centrality in the life of the Church.

“When we go to church, we don’t go to church to worship simply as an individual but as a family. We go together as the congregation which is called by …

Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history.

Pope Leo XIV continued his talks on the Second Vatican Council with an in-depth reflection on “Dei Verbum,” the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.

The vespers service, which took place on the feast of the conversion of St. Paul, marked the conclusion of the 59th Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

The teachings of the Second Vatican Council are still “the guiding star” the Catholic Church is meant to follow, Pope Leo XIV said.

In his Jan. 7, 2026, general audience, Pope Leo began a new series of catecheses reflecting on the Second Vatican Council and its documents.