On this date, Aug. 6, 1978, St. Pope Paul VI died. Media coverage was uncharitable in its estimation of his tenure, but as time passes it has become clear that he was the great pope of the 20th ...

Tens of thousands of priests left the institutional church during the reign of Pope Paul VI. Many of us were disappointed when the pontiff referred to us, on Holy Thursday of 1970, as analogous to the ...

Following are NCR reader responses to recent news articles, opinion columns and theological essays with letters that have been edited for length and clarity. The power of papal English I was one among ...