
The “Preeminent Issue” is the Defense of Life, According to Vatican II
A Catholic who claims to be a “Vatican II Catholic” cannot ignore the Council’s explicit teaching that abortion is not just “one issue among many.”
A Catholic who claims to be a “Vatican II Catholic” cannot ignore the Council’s explicit teaching that abortion is not just “one issue among many.”
“The meaning of the sacred is at the heart of all human civilization.” —Cardinal Robert Sarah
Cardinal Zen warned against interpretations of Vatican II not “faithful to the documents of the Council, but rather a subjective understanding of it.”
In recognition of his work, Pope St. John Paul II created de Lubac a cardinal in 1983.
Seminary professor and author highlights Vatican II’s teaching that is often misunderstood.
COMMENTARY: In the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Catholics can both embrace the strengths of Vatican II and recognize its weaknesses, while moving forward to effectively evangelize the modern world.
Orthodox rabbis’ praise of Christianity as a ‘gift to the nations’ comes shortly after the Vatican’s statements marking the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate.
Noted Philosopher Germain Grisez Discusses the Council After 50 Years
The Second Vatican Council ushered in a sea change in relations between the Church and the Jewish people with the declaration Nostra Aetate.
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