The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS, 23-32). 3. The human community
Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)
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The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Sept. 2 in St. Peter’s Square.
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To experience true relationship with God in the liturgy, faithful’s participation cannot be passive, pope says
by Carol Glatzby Carol GlatzToday was Pope Leo XIV’s final catechesis dedicated to the Second Vatican Council’s constitution on the sacred liturgy.
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The faithful traditionalists who remain in the Church must not “be forgotten in this. They are hurting as well’ and “need to be reached out to.”
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Father John Courtney Murray: Advocate for cooperation between church and state
by Russell Shawby Russell ShawJesuit 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.
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Many cardinals have had books written about them, but few have become the fictionalized heroes of best-selling novels.
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“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 …
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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.
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“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 …
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Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is remembered as one of the most influential and innovative evangelists in American history.
