In an OSV News interview, Archbishop Longley said Newman's Nov. 1 proclamation as 38th doctor of the church and co-patron of ...

A mosaic of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, was solemnly unveiled in the Vatican Gardens on Friday (5 December), with the ceremony attended by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, ...

High energy prices are the main problem that European industry is facing, so effective ways must be found to reduce them as production shifts to other continents, President Peter Pellegrini stated on ...

Vatican II is still an ongoing project as we all dig deeper into its treasures, hold ourselves accountable for any ...

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

Pope John XXIII’s goal was to promote evangelism, not to accept secularism.

As the church commemorates 60 years since the closing of Vatican II, here are seven key issues and documents that serve as ...

Vatican II closed 60 years ago this week. One of its final documents, “Gaudium et Spes,” has also proved to be perhaps its ...

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 ...

Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, ...

A Vatican-appointed commission says current church teaching does not allow women to be ordained as Catholic deacons.