Vatican II is still an ongoing project as we all dig deeper into its treasures, hold ourselves accountable for any ...

Pope John XXIII’s goal was to promote evangelism, not to accept secularism.

EDITORIAL: Distortions of its teachings threaten to obscure the impact of the Second Vatican Council; a recommitment to receiving conciliar teachings in fidelity to the Gospel is the only way forward.

The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the face of the church, and opened it to the modern world. The counc ...

COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.

There are many “restorers” in the United States who do not accept the Second Vatican Council, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday. Speaking to the editors of Jesuit journals, he ...

The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, better known as Vatican II, will produce lots of hot takes on the famous mid-twentieth century gathering of the Catholic hierarchy. Most ...

The Second Vatican Council, the great revolution in the life of the modern Catholic Church, opened 60 years ago this week in Rome. So much of that 1960s-era world has passed away, but the council is ...

The Oxford Handbook of Vatican II attempts a Herculean task. Part reference book, part introduction to a complex historical subject, part analysis of a still ongoing reception of the conciliar ...

Pope John XXIII officially convened the Second Vatican Council on October 11, 1962—sixty years ago this month. Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Many Catholics consider Vatican II the ...

The Vatican daily L'Osservatore Roman (LOR) published an article this week on a meeting of the international theological and cultural review "Communio," which was founded 38 years ago by Hans Urs von ...

The image above is of the cathedral of Köln after World War II bombing devastated most of that German city. It's why the Second Vatican Council was necessary -- and why it might have been doomed to ...