At a Jan. 22 ceremony to beatify four martyrs from El Salvador, including Jesuit Fr. Rutilio Grande, Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez said the four had "come from the great tribulation" of ...

On Oct. 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII opened Vatican II, ... About 40 nuns were standing, wearing blue armbands as a symbol of their support for the ordination of women. Maureen Fiedler was there.

The Documents of Vatican II. There is no substitute for reading all 16 official documents of the Second Vatican Council.

To that end, I think the best interpretation of Pope Francis is that he is a pre-Vatican II liberal along the lines of a Yves Congar or a Romano Guardini in his basic instincts, but that he has ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Unlike the spotless image of many holy men and women, a depiction of one of the new martyrs of the Catholic Church looks anything but polished. The boy is hunched a ...