Articles on this issue "ecumenical councils"
Here is a translation of the homily delivered by Benedict XVI at the Mass commemorating the 40th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. The Mass was on the solemnity of the …
read moreHere is a Holy See translation of the address delivered by Pope Paul VI during the last public session of the Second Vatican Council. * * * Address of Pope Paul VI During the Last General …
read moreBenedict XVI celebrated the 40th anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council, describing the 1960s gathering as \"the greatest ecclesial event of the 20th century.\" Pope John XXIII …
read moreOne of the problems in the Church since the Second Vatican Council has been the greater emphasis placed on lay ministries rather than on the lay apostolate. So says Russell Shaw, a longtime …
read moreThe present translations of the documents of the Second Vatican Council are "imprecise," says Archbishop William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. To resolve …
read moreZENIT is publishing this recent homily of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI, as a sample of his perspective on a key document of the Second Vatican Council. * * * St Peter's Basilica …
read moreJustice isn't determined by law but rather by the "profound identity of the human being," a Holy See official told a conference on the Second Vatican Council's pastoral constitution. Cardinal …
read moreJohn Paul II has again proposed to the Church and to humanity the call to justice launched 40 years ago by the Second Vatican Council. "The challenge constantly facing the Church," consists in …
read moreThe International Society of the History of Councils is looking to produce a three-volume dictionary on Church councils. Monsignor Walter Brandmüller, society president, told ZENIT of the …
read moreFor the first time, the Vatican Web page has published the documents of the Second Vatican Council in Swahili. Father Giulio Albanese, director of the Missionary Service News Agency, said the …
read moreOn Oct. 20 the United Nations Development Program published its second Arab Human Development Report. Subtitled "Building a Knowledge Society," the report revealed that Arab countries urgently …
read moreFour decades after the liturgical reform carried out by the Second Vatican Council, it is right to examine the way it has been implemented, in order to relaunch it, says Cardinal Angelo …
read moreVitral," meaning stained glass window, one of the few independent Cuban magazines celebrates its 9th anniversary, despite its director's punishment by the government. The review, of a …
read moreAs part of its series on the documents of the Second Vatican Council, ZENIT spoke with Sister Vincent Marie Finnegan about "Perfectae Caritatis," the pastoral decree on the renewal of …
read moreForty years after the Second Vatican Council, ZENIT is asking Church leaders and prominent laity to reflect on some of the main documents of the council. Here, ZENIT spoke with George Weigel …
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