At a recent general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV announced that his catechesis this year would focus on the Second Vatican ...

Leo XIV held his first general audience of 2026 in the Nervi Hall, in the presence of 7,000 people. He began the reflections on the Council documents to “continue to seek ways and means to imple ...

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, ...

Wednesday's talk was part of a longer series on the documents of Vatican II which the Pope began earlier this month.

When the Second Vatican Council formally ended on Dec. 8, 1965, theologians and scholars immediately undertook a new (and ongoing) task: interpreting the council and providing the faithful with the ...

Last week, Pope Leo XIV gave two talks, one at a weekly general audience and the other to cardinals, that focused on the Second Vatican Council. His words need to take root in the words and deeds of ...