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Pope Francis, seen here at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on June 28, has announced two significant reforms in recent weeks by releasing statements motu proprio. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithExplainer
When the pope releases a statement ‘motu proprio’ it’s important—but why?
Michael J. O’Loughlin
When a pope issues a document “motu proprio,” it means he does so by his own motivation, and it can mean a significant change to church law.
FaithDispatches
Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ Mass translation change another sign that Vatican II endures
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Cardinal Cupich said the pope is making clear that Vatican II documents are authoritative and permanent.
FaithDispatches
Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
Gerard O’Connell
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
Arts & CultureFilm
French-Canadian nuns face the modern world and a surly teen in “The Passion of Augustine”
John Anderson
In the wake of Vatican II, the teaching nuns of a convent find their way of life being jettisoned by a revenue-challenged church.
Arts & CultureBooks
Intellectual history that reads like an adventure story
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., reviews "Catholicism and Citizenship" by Massimo Faggioli
Reformed, Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist leaders look on in St. Mary's City Church in Wittenberg, Germany, as the Rev. Chris Ferguson, World Communion of Reformed Churches general secretary, signs the declaration expressing Reformed churches' support for the Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Photo courtesy of WCRC/Anna Siggelkow
FaithNews
Reformed churches endorse Catholic-Lutheran accord on key Reformation dispute
Tom Heneghan - Religion News Service
The World Communion of Reformed Churches signed a declaration this week endorsing the 1999 Catholic-Lutheran agreement on how Christians might be worthy of salvation in the eyes of God.
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