"Gaudium et Spes" considered four consequences of being part of the "human family" and Pope Leo considered each of them.
The journey that made it possible to highlight the fundamental characteristics and rights of human dignity certainly represents one of the most significant chapters in human history.
Understanding the reform, rooted “in the living tradition of the Church,” will lead to rejecting the abuses that have sometimes occurred, he concludes.
"The liturgical year, punctuated by Sundays, has an interesting history, in which the faith and devotion of the Church are interwoven."
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has published directives for traditionalist priests and laity wishing to rejoin the Catholic Church.
Pope Leo is continuing his reflection on the importance of the liturgy, drawing from Vatican II. Today he spoke about the gestures -- kneeling, the sign of peace, etc.
The Holy Father urges priests, especially, to "trust in God, manifesting humility before His greatness and sincere fidelity to ecclesial communion."
Before kicking off a new series of catecheses on the liturgy, Pope Leo XIV met privately with 93-year-old Cardinal Francis Arinze at the Vatican.
Cardinal Seán O'Malley thinks that Pope Francis' vision of "synodality" could have helped implementation of Vatican II: He shared his experience, "having lived through it ..."
Pope Leo XIV began this May 20 with a series of reflections on the document from the Second Vatican Council that brought about big changes in the Church.
Are you too focused on what is immediately visible? Instead, we should measure and evaluate everything from the perspective of our final destination.
... not a privilege for the few, but a gift that requires every baptized person to strive ...
"The Church is present wherever her children profess and bear witness to the Gospel: in the workplace, in civil society and in all human relationships"
"The Catholic Church is founded on the Apostles," Pope Leo recalled, in noting God's plan for how the Church exists in the world.
The Holy Father continued his reflection on Vatican II, and looked at the reality known as the “sensus fidei,” that “sense of faith” that the Church as a whole enjoys.
Pope Leo: "It is a great sign of hope ... to know that the Church is a people in which women and men of different nationalities, languages, and cultures live together in faith"
Pope Leo reminds us we are called to build the "spiritual edifice which is the body of Christ, through communion and charity among ourselves."
