For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Among other bishops and diplomats, two cardinals took part: the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Re, and ...

Representatives of the A Special Constabulary meet in Derry to draw up demands on gratuities and conditions as the force ...

COMMENTARY: The Church continues to be inspired by the rich insights and vitality of the last ecumenical council.

The Second Vatican Council, which after three years of dialogue and document drafting closed on Dec. 8, 1965, changed the face of the church, and opened it to the modern world. The counc ...

Notre Dame’s Paolo Carozza argues that Big Tech’s influence is reshaping how we understand the human person — and says the ...

Pope Paul VI presides over a 1963 session of Vatican II. Credit: CNS photo/Catholic Press Photo. The constitution, wrote America associate editor Donald R. Campion, S.J., shortly after its publication ...

The Vatican on Monday assigned a bishop from California to lead the Archdiocese of Washington and its over half-million catholic parishioners as the region, and the nation prepares for a political ...

The spirit of Vatican II may still live on, but its practical effects (with the exception of Mass in the vernacular) are ...

Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

Delegates from 32 nations conclude the FABC's ‘Great Pilgrimage of Hope’ in Penang, committing to revitalize Asia's missionary zeal on the journey toward Jubilee 2033.

Kate Hennessy, the Catholic Worker co-founder's granddaughter, said Day is a model for her fellow believers "to grasp faith ...