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Vatican II

Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrates Mass at St. Stephen Martyr Church in Monterey Park, May 2025. (Victor Aléman)

Why Vatican II still matters today

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Oct 7, 2026|4 Min Read

Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Murphy, pictured in a 1996 file photo, wrote a series of dispatches on the Second Vatican Council for The New Yorker magazine. Written under the pseudonym Xavier Rynne, his "Letters From Vatican City" caused a sensation by offering a behind-the-scenes look into the secret proceedings. (CNS file photo from The Catholic University of America)

A new novel inspired by Vatican II’s mole is stranger than fiction

Msgr. Richard Antall|Jun 13, 2024|5 Min Read

Lent Curia

Vatican II's openness is needed in today's church, cardinal tells Curia

Justin McLellan|Mar 3, 2023|2 Min Read

Worshippers receive Communion during a Spanish-language Mass celebrated on the eve of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Staten Island, New York, Dec. 11. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

How I learned to stop worrying and love Vatican II

Robert Brennan|Jan 17, 2023|4 Min Read

Pope Benedict XVI is pictured during his final general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo. The Second Vatican Council was "not only meaningful, but necessary," the retired pontiff said in a letter to an Oct. 20-21, 2022, conference on his work at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican II was 'necessary,' retired pope writes to U.S. conference

Catholic News Service|Oct 21, 2022|2 Min Read

Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, attends a news conference to present an update on the synod process at the Vatican Aug. 26, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican II and the synod: Openness to Spirit brings harmony, official says

Cindy Wooden|Oct 14, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 11, 1962. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

'Dei Verbum' and the 60th anniversary of Vatican II

Bishop Robert Barron|Oct 13, 2022|4 Min Read

A glass urn containing the remains of St. John XXIII is pictured as Pope Francis delivers his homily as he celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 11, 2022, to mark the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Text: Pope's homily on the 60th anniversary of opening of Vatican II

Catholic News Service|Oct 12, 2022|10 Min Read

Pope Paul VI, right, greets Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople during the pontiff's 1964 trip to the Holy Land. (CNS file photo)

World

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew recalls importance of Vatican II

Carol Glatz|Oct 11, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Paul VI presides over a meeting of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in 1963. (CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo)

Francis aims to cement legacy of Vatican II in life, mission of the church

Elise Ann Allen|Oct 11, 2022|4 Min Read

Bishops are pictured in a file photo during a Vatican II session inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Marking the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, said that while "synodality" was not a term used by the council, it reflects the council's vision of the church. (CNS file photo)

Dream of 'synodality' is a fruit of Vatican II, cardinal writes

Cindy Wooden|Oct 10, 2022|2 Min Read

A man prays at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels during the 17th annual Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 20. (Victor Alemán)

Where holiness happens

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Oct 5, 2022|4 Min Read

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