Because of Jesus, “we have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us” (1 Jn 4:16). The symbol of the heart has often been used to express the love of Jesus Christ. Some …

Vatican II was a pastoral council, concerned in large part with discipline, liturgy, and diplomatic approach, so its teachings are for the most part not immutable or irreformable.

ublications. The Vatican publishes its own influential daily newspaper, L'Osserv tore Romano. Its press can print Vatican Library books and pamphlets in 30 languages, from old Ecclesiastical …

Although there are Vatican archival records in a number of repositories that have been included in this publication, this guide is designed primarily to provide useful information to English …

The words of Vatican I incorporate the explicit language of the Fathers from the patristic age. The authority recognized and defined by Vatican I is the same authority exercised by the bishops …

Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid-19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly United …

Some of the documents of Vatican II are longer and more detailed, more central to the Church’s purposes, or more controversial in their application than others.