First Vatican Council Archives

Swiss Bishop Eleganti: Vatican II contains ‘ambiguity,’ young Catholics love the Latin Mass

‘Today's young believers, as I was able to see very well as a young bishop, know nothing about the (Second Vatican) council and are not interested in it. They have hardly read any of the texts, but feel attracted to the old liturgy,’ Bishop Marian Eleganti said.

Opinion

Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jul 5, 2024Jul 8, 2024

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

Bishop Marian Eleganti critiques the German Bishops’ Conference’s call to ‘re-read’ the First Vatican Council’s definition of papal primacy, arguing that abandoning the teaching would undermine the Pope’s role in ensuring Church unity.

Opinion

Bishop Marian Eleganti

• Jun 20, 2024Jun 20, 2024

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

The new ‘study document’ from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity emphasizes an intimate link between papal primacy and synodality, advocating for decentralization, granting more authority at regional levels while enhancing ecumenism.

Analysis

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jun 13, 2024Jun 13, 2024

Is it possible to prove the existence of God?

Just because the existence of God is not self-evident, in the sense of being immediately and intuitively known by human beings, does that mean His existence isn't provable at all?

Opinion

Matthew McCusker

• Feb 6, 2024Feb 7, 2024

Archbishop Fernández claims opposition to Pope Francis’ ‘unique charism’ risks ‘heresy and schism’

The new Vatican doctrine chief said that the Pope’s ‘unique charism’ is equal to the ‘deposit of faith.’

News

Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Sep 12, 2023Sep 13, 2023

The deposit of faith: What it is and why Catholics should know about it

The Catholic Church preserves and articulates the deposit of faith through Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture. The Magisterium, the Church's teaching authority, is responsible for interpreting and clarifying the inerrant deposit of faith, of which the faithful are called to adhere to and defend.

Analysis

Louis Knuffke

• May 24, 2023May 24, 2023

Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions are rooted in the flawed ecclesiology of Vatican II

The Pope's June Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi furthers the endgame of Traditonis Custodes: to bring an end to the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass

Opinion

Matt Gaspers

• Sep 30, 2022Sep 30, 2022

How Francis may be vindicating the ‘inopportunists’ of the First Vatican Council

Today, the pope is frequently exalted above the very Church that makes him what he is while his ability to teach on matters of faith and morals has become diluted and inefficacious.

Blogs

Peter Kwasniewski

• Jan 2, 2020Jun 18, 2021

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Swiss Bishop Eleganti: Vatican II contains ‘ambiguity,’ young Catholics love the Latin Mass

Bishop Eleganti rebukes German bishops’ call to reinterpret Vatican I on papal primacy

Pope Francis approves new document elevating ecumenism and synodality above papal primacy

Is it possible to prove the existence of God?

Archbishop Fernández claims opposition to Pope Francis’ ‘unique charism’ risks ‘heresy and schism’

The deposit of faith: What it is and why Catholics should know about it

Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions are rooted in the flawed ecclesiology of Vatican II

How Francis may be vindicating the ‘inopportunists’ of the First Vatican Council