Readings: • 2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14 • Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15 • 2 Thes 2:16-3:5 • Lk 20:27-38 “Let us put it very simply: man needs God, otherwise he remains without hope.” That statement […]
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The distinguishing feature of the doctrine and the pastoral program of the Second Vatican Council is Trinitarian Christocentrism. The Council’s teaching on the nature of Sacred Liturgy, on the mystery of the Church, on the […]
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI. / Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 21, 2022 / 07:05 am (CNA).
In a new letter, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI characterizes the Second Vatican Council as “not only meaningful, but necessary.”Rele… […]
A procession of Council Fathers at the opening of Vatican II, Oct. 11, 1962. / Peter Geymayer via Wikimedia (public domain)
Denver Newsroom, Oct 18, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Sixty years ago this month, the Second Vatican Council brought together … […]
“All religions,” writes Pope Benedict XVI in the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth, “try in one way or another to lift the veil of the future. They seem important precisely because they impart knowledge […]
For more than forty years, Catholic liberal arts colleges have, to put it mildly, struggled to carve out a recognizable intellectual and educational place in the ever-shifting landscape of American higher education. That they have […]
“The real problem with popes,” a friend once said to me, “is that they die.” What he meant was that no matter how consequential a particular papacy might be, it is still at the mercy […]
Elon Musk is a curious guy. The son of a Canadian-born model and a South African engineer, he grew up in Pretoria before moving to Canada and later graduating from the Wharton School at the […]
Much ink has been spilled on the recent comments by the Holy Father concerning his assertion that the Second Vatican Council has been “gagged” by “restorationists”. Pope Francis specifically mentioned the United States as home […]
There’s been a lot of chatter about Pope Francis getting ready to resign, but I’m not buying it — not yet — nor am I convinced either he or his pontificate is running on empty. […]
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