Looking back 55 years after the beginning of Vatican II, what have we learned and what have we forgotten?
Vatican II
Posted inExplainer, Faith
When the pope releases a statement ‘motu proprio’ it’s important—but why?
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.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ Mass translation change another sign that Vatican II endures
Cardinal Cupich said the pope is making clear that Vatican II documents are authoritative and permanent.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis says with magisterial authority: the Vatican II liturgical reform is ‘irreversible’
The reform of the liturgy introduced by Vatican II is here to stay.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
French-Canadian nuns face the modern world and a surly teen in “The Passion of Augustine”
In the wake of Vatican II, the teaching nuns of a convent find their way of life being jettisoned by a revenue-challenged church.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Intellectual history that reads like an adventure story
Drew Christiansen, S.J., reviews “Catholicism and Citizenship” by Massimo Faggioli
Posted inFaith, News
Reformed churches endorse Catholic-Lutheran accord on key Reformation dispute
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.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Cardinal Wuerl: Pope Francis has reconnected the church with Vatican II
Reconnecting the church “with the energy of the Second Vatican Council,” may be the pope’s greatest achievement, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of the Archdiocese of Washington said in an exclusive interview as the fourth anniversary of the pope’s election approaches.
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Christ and Culture: Behind the debate about ‘public theology’
The inspiration for public theology lies in the Catholic belief that the church has a role in transforming the wider society under the influence of the Gospel.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: There will be no ‘reform of the reform’ of the liturgy.
Pope Francis: “At times, I find myself in front of persons who are very rigid. And I ask myself: How come such rigidity?”