Monday, Dec. 8, marked the 60th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. It is an axiom among church historians that it takes a century for a council to be received, so we are almost ...

On that windy Wednesday morning, Dec. 8, 1965, the Second Vatican Council came to an end. In the presence of more than 2,300 Council Fathers, mostly bishops, and some 300,000 faithful gathered in St.

Pope Leo XIV delivers catechesis during his General Audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Speaking at his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV ...

In fourteen catecheses on the Second Vatican Council, Pope Leo XIV presents Vatican II as the Church’s enduring “North Star,” ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media Below is the text of Pope Leo’s weekly Wednesday ...

It presents a successor pope as if he is a candidate from a different political party who seeks to undo the work of his ...