Last week, Pope Leo XIV gave two talks, one at a weekly general audience and the other to cardinals, that focused on the ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his general audience today announcing a revisit to the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Leo urged the faithful "not to let its prophecy fade, and to continue to seek ...

The teachings of the Second Vatican Council are still "the guiding star" the Catholic Church is meant to follow, Pope Leo XIV said.

With her new study of Marie-Dominique Chenu, O.P., Mary Kate Holman offers a major contribution to ressourcement scholarship ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the Holy Wear on Wednesday with his first meeting with the world’s cardinals at a two-day extraordinary consistory focused on aspects of Church teaching that many traditional ...

Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church's first ever American leader, appears to signal a more inclusive leadership style than his predecessor.

Leo XIV — the first pope from the U.S., the first born after World War II and the first canon lawyer in a long time — can lead the Catholic Church to a rediscovery of Vatican II through its texts, ...

(RNS) — The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic Church’s Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, or “Gaudium et Spes,” the most impactful Second Vatican Council ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and indicating some reform-minded priorities by calling the modernizing ...

COMMENTARY: The famous phrase from Pope St. Paul VI is widely invoked in discussions about the Catholic Church. But what did ...

COMMENTARY: The early history of the landmark document manifests the significant doctrinal development, which led the Catholic Church to proclaim the vital importance of religious liberty for modern ...