Articles on this issue "Archives of the Second Vatican Council"
Here is the address Benedict XVI gave to participants of the European Meeting of University Professors, gathered in Paul VI Hall. The four-day meeting ended today in Rome. * * * Your Eminence, …
read moreJohn Paul II concluded a series of meetings with U.S. bishops with an exhortation to proclaim Christ and to be faithful to the Church's teaching authority. Over the past eight months the Pope …
read moreVatican directives on liturgical matters get a rocky reception because of three difficulties, says the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. There are difficulties of …
read moreJohn Paul II next Sunday will beatify Laura Montoya, the first Colombian woman to be so honored. Known as "teacher of the Indians," she founded the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and St. …
read moreYoung people in particular must be taught that world peace is built on the force of law and not on the law of force, says John Paul II. This is a key point of a message the Pope sent to Abbot …
read moreJohn Paul II says the poor are not only Christians' "brothers" but also their "teachers." The Pope explained this in his message for the sixth international meeting of bishop- and …
read moreJohn Paul II lamented that the media often distort documents of the magisterium, and he asked that opportune methods be found for the transmission of Church teaching. The faithful are often …
read moreCulture is a "significant Areopagus" of the Church's missionary action, says John Paul II. The Pope said this at a meeting to present the book "Faith and Culture: Anthology of Texts of Papal …
read moreA census by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education reveals that two out of every three Catholic universities are in the Third World, many in non-Christian areas. Specifically, of the …
read moreHundreds of lawyers gave John Paul II an encyclopedic book on his teachings on law, as a gift for his 25th anniversary as Pope. Among the authors of the 1,148-page book, entitled "John Paul II …
read moreHere is a translation of John Paul II's message for the World Day of Peace to be observed Jan. 1. * * * Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II For the Celebration of the World Day of Peace …
read moreEdith Stein is a teacher of empathy, humanity, interior life and liturgical spirituality, said a number of specialists attending an intensive course on Carmelite mysticism. The course, at …
read moreA pilot center of professional formation has opened here to offer job opportunities for young people in the Kosovo province. The "Qendra Sociales Edukative Don Bosko," administered by …
read moreFides).- Catholic teachers in India have an important role in social context: can help create a national conscience based on the values of harmony, tolerance and solidarity. The above was …
read moreThe Pontifical Biblical Commission's 100 years of existence have not been easy, but "we look with gratitude and hope on the way that is opening before us," says Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The …
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