As the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council approaches, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, explores Pope St. John XXIII’s goals for calling the council and the misconceptions that have persisted over the past six decades.
In the latest installment of his exploration of the Church’s most important documents over the past 150 years, David Werning focuses on Dei Verbum, the Second Vatican Council’s document on divine revelation. And while it might be the shortest of the council’s
Before celebrating the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to dedicate time in 2023 to studying the documents of the Second Vatican Council.
Presenting the official logo for the Holy Year June 28, Archbishop Rino Fisichella also announced
In the latest installment of his series exploring the gifts and promises of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Notre Dame professor Timothy O’Malley weighs in on a subject that draws strong opinions from both sides: how we receive the
In the latest installment of his yearlong series of articles exploring the key documents of the Church over the past 150 years, David Werning looks at the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution, Lumen Gentium, which outlines the mission of the entire Body
Associate editor Ava Lalor addresses the conversation many Catholics are having in regard to the liturgy and the changes that happened after the Second Vatican Council: “As a young adult who grew up at a standard Novus Ordo parish in the Midwest,
In his latest in a series of articles exploring the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Notre Dame professor Timothy O’Malley writes that many Catholics today — on both sides of the argument — are too dug in with their tribes
In the latest installment in his series on the most important Church documents over the past 150 years, David Werning examines the context, content and call of Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy: “One will find among
In the fifth part of his series exploring the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Timothy O’Malley helps readers to understand why, historically, the priest faced ad orientem, and also the reasons why the Council Fathers at Vatican II decided it
In the second of a series of articles on the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, Timothy O’Malley, director of education at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame, explores the good news of Vatican II,