But is the America First worldview compatible with Catholic teaching? When, in late January, Vice President J.D. Vance ...

In 'Cosmic Connections,' Charles Taylor focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the ...

AsiaNews director spoke today in Rome at the conference “The Spirit knows where he takes us” organised by the John Paul II ...

The conference was also meant to celebrate the 60th anniversary of two Vatican II documents: Gaudium et spes and Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom). Church historian Anthea ...

COMMENTARY: Looking at Pope St. John Paul II’s legacy in historical context underscores why so many people call him ‘John ...

Therefore what response do we give to it? Vatican II (Gaudium et Spes) has told us “Religious submission of mind and will must be shown in a special way to the authentic teaching of the Pope ...

Gaudium et Spes #50 gives greater importance to the unitive, or personal, values of marital love: “Marriage to be sure is not instituted solely for procreation; rather, its very nature as an ...

In the words of Gaudium et spes, “the desire for such dialogue, which can lead to truth through love alone, excludes no one” (§92). Through reflective exercises and practical tools, participants will ...

The last ones seen came over a month ago when at his Santa Marta residence prior to his hospitalization the Pope received members of Spain’s Gaudium et Spes Foundation. Since then, nobody apart from ...

12:26). The very first words of the Second Vatican Council’s highly prophetic document Gaudium et Spes (“Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World”) powerfully echo for modern ears and ...

Pope Francis spoke of the ‘hermeneutical value’ of the ‘joys and sufferings, dreams and concerns of the people of God’ (Gaudium et Spes 1) that cannot be ignored if the worshiping assembly ...

At CAFOD, our mission is to work alongside the world’s poorest people. We work without prejudice, we don’t preach, and we pride ourselves on our diversity. We believe our Catholic values are best ...