It's among the shortest and perhaps least controversial of the Second Vatican Council's 16 documents -- four constitutions, nine decrees, and three declarations -- and yet, it remains a ...

For those interested in digging deeper into the riches of the Second Vatican Council, two Catholic commentators offer thoughts on the trove of books available on Vatican II. A procession of Cardinals ...

The first two things that jump out when reading the working document, or instrumentum laboris, for the forthcoming synod, which was released June 20, are how much the document charts a new approach to ...

Nine days from now, Pope Francis will officially open a synodal process. As my colleague Brian Fraga reported on Wednesday, you wouldn't know much about it if you relied on the U.S. bishops' ...

During the Angelus in Saint Peter’s Square yesterday, the solemnity of Christ the King, Pope John Paul II recalled that it was the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council document Lumen Gentium ...

This article is part of the Register Symposium on Vatican II at 60. If Vatican II is an ongoing theological event, as I argued in a 2017 book, then it has now been ongoing for 60 years. For most ...

Cardinal Joseph Zen, the emeritus Bishop of Hong Kong, has made an impassioned defense of the Second Vatican Council, criticizing both "extreme conservatives" and "extreme progressives" for rejecting ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council — the church meetings he attended as a young priest that brought the Catholic Church into ...

Pope Francis prays before the remains of St. John XXIII after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 11, 2022, to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. (CNS) I ...

This is the logo chosen by the Vatican for the Holy Year 2025. Pope Francis has chosen the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope,” for the jubilee year, which is marked by pilgrimages, prayer, repentance and acts ...