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Pope Leo criticizes ‘prophets of doom,’ quoting John XXIII at Vatican II

Pope Leo XIV recalled that Pope John XXIII slammed those who believe modern times are worse than past ages, then went on to ask the faithful to engage with 'modern realities' such...

How does the Church serve and listen to the world? Leo XIV answers by explaining a constitution of the Second Vatican Co...

Pope’s General Audience, September 2, 2026, on the Church Listening to and Serving the World The post How does the Church serve and listen to the world? Leo XIV answers by explaini...

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Religious Orders in the United States The post Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of...

Pope Leo XIV to Assisi Youth: ‘Europe and the Whole World Are Looking to You to Be New Saints’

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From Mission and Unity, to Discernment and Action

Video: Catholicism and Religious Freedom

Dr. Larry Chap, Gaudium et Spes 22 Religious freedom is not a novel idea within Catholicism.

Answering the Universal Call to Holiness with a Rule of Life

Over the past sixty years the documents of Vatican II, and indeed the council itself, have become emblematic of a sort of Catholic ideological divide. Opponents and proponents site...

Pope Leo says Vatican II's liturgical reform was 'necessary' for lay involvement

"The participation of the faithful cannot be passive," the pontiff said. "From this conviction arose the need to make the richness of the biblical texts and prayers more accessible...

Pope Leo to World SIGNIS Congress: Embrace Digital Communication That Promotes Human Dignity

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Bishop Strickland asks whether Vatican II surrendered to modernism

Bishop Joseph Strickland pointed out that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once described Gaudium et Spes as a kind of ‘counter syllabus’ in opposition to Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Error...

A work in progress…

The increasingly valuable Infovaticana has a piece by Martin Grichting (Swiss canonist of the Diocese of Chur) argues that Vatican synodality is anachronistic because it draws layp...

In San Marino, Pope Leo XIV Tells Young People: ‘We Only Find Authentic Freedom in Jesus Christ’

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Vatican II and the Young Catholic

James Keating, The Fourth Watch In my last Fourth Watch, which treated the controversy over the SSPX, ended with the claim that the problem it raises for the wider Church goes...

Sacramentum Caritatis and Humanity: Sunday Reflection

Evangelization in the City

Pope Leo XIV has asked the Church to pray for evangelization in the city. Paul Gillam, SJ, reflects on our call to embrace the full incarnate reality of the city as we seek to proc...

Discerning together brings new hope

Pope Leo XIV to US Religious Superiors: Prioritize Community Life

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