Today marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council nbsp Here is Pope John XXIII s momentous Opening Speech nbsp Opening Address Today Venerable Brethren is a day of joy for Mother Church through God s most kindly providence the longed-for day has dawned for the sole

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Reflections on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving

When my brother Dave and I were very young our father, a journalist who, probably because he couldn’t afford college, had gone right into newspaper work when he returned from World War I, would grow agitated when he saw us reading comic books. I remember him saying he had read all of Dickens a

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The institutional church is trying to reimagine parish life and make the best use of its resources by consulting both professionals and people in the pews.