The Catholic community of Laredo will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church ...

A Franciscan priest in Vietnam says the Second Vatican Council spurred a deep renewal of the local Catholic Church that spanned years of division and war. The Vietnam War lasted almost 20 years until ...

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s ...

Over Leo’s first few weeks, the excitement grew among liturgical fashion-conscious Catholics as they noticed new additions to ...

VATICAN CITY: This year 8 December will mark the 55 th anniversary of the end of the Second Vatican Council. It is an important moment in this period since a new debate has been provoked in the ...

On Religion: For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix.

This symbol of papal ministry was first used by Pope Paul VI at the Second Vatican Council finale and has been carried on occasion by subsequent popes. But, year after year, Mass after Mass, it became ...

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese steps into St Peter’s Square for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, the optics will be far more than pious courtesy.. For a day, the Vatican will ...

At the beginning of the Council, Pope John welcomed a group of Jewish leaders to the Vatican. In one of the most memorable moments of his pontificate, he greeted them: “We are all sons of the ...