Germain Grisez is one of America’s most respected Catholic philosophers. For 30 years, until 2009, he held the Most Rev. Harry J. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics chair at Mount St. Mary’s ...

Why Pope Francis Is Cracking Down on the Latin Mass and Angering TraditionalistsIn a break with his predecessor, Pope Francis is reimposing restrictions on the service used before the ’60s reforms — ...

Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 11, 1962. (CNS) The ongoing Synod on Synodality has caused no small amount of discussion about ...

An economics paper published last month on religious service attendance trends in 66 countries concluded that the implementation of reforms associated with the Second Vatican Council likely ...

In a public session held Oct. 28, 1965, during the closing months of the Second Vatican Council, Pope St. Paul VI solemnly approved Christus Dominus, the decree “On the Pastoral Office of Bishops in ...