To act like there are no open questions about the council’s relationship to the state of the church is an act of denialism and pearl-clutching.
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Pope Francis marks 60th anniversary of Vatican II by warning against worldly ‘progressivism’ and backward-looking ‘traditionalism’
Catholics must be careful, he said, because “both the ‘progressivism’ that lines up behind the world and the ‘traditionalism’ that longs for a bygone world are not evidence of love, but of infidelity,” the pope said.
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Interview: The Gregorian’s new Jesuit leader on the university’s mission to implement Vatican II reforms
The new rector, Mark Lewis, S.J., also opened up about the Gregorian’s upcoming merger with the Pontifical Biblical and Oriental Institutes.
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Rabbi: Jews are flourishing in America. For that, I thank the Catholic Church.
Despite antisemitism, American Judaism is growing and thriving, in part thanks to the largest religious organization in the world making evident that Jews are a beloved part of a larger religious family.
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Pope Francis releases new letter on liturgy: Catholics need a better understanding of Vatican II’s reforms
The “sense of mystery” Catholics should experience at Mass is not one prompted by Latin or by “creative” elements added to the celebration.
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Lessons from John Courtney Murray for a country divided on abortion—and just about everything else
Noted primarily for his work on religious liberty, John Courtney Murray, S.J., provided much of the basis for theological and political reflection on the relationship between church and state on these shores through his voluminous writings.
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John Paul I and birth control: Rare audio recording shows he wanted change in church teaching before becoming pope
The future pope was hesitant about categorically banning contraception before the release of “Humanae Vitae,” documents and recordings show.
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Pope Francis says traditionalist Catholics are ‘gagging’ the reforms of Vatican II
Pope Francis has complained that traditionalist Catholics, particularly in the United States, are “gagging” the church’s modernizing reforms and insisted that there was no turning back.
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Pope Francis: Liturgy wars are the work of the devil.
“When liturgical life is a bit of a banner of division, there is the odor of the devil, the deceiver,” the pope said on May 7.
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‘We are all responsible together for what the church becomes’: Vatican II, synodality and the future of Catholicism
Kenneth Woodward interviews the Rev. Joseph Komonchak, the renowned scholar of the Second Vatican Council, on the council’s impact yesterday and today.