Second Vatican Council – Homiletic & Pastoral Review

The New Evangelization: The Holiness of the Church

April 22, 2013 By Msgr. Michael F. Hull, S.T.D. 19 Comments

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The New Evangelization is our cooperation with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the 21st century ... an evangelization foreshadowed by Vatican II, according to Popes John XXIII and Paul VI ... an evangelization whose importance became … [Read more...]

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Fifty Years Later–Vatican II’s Unfinished Business

April 22, 2013 By Fr. Regis Scanlon, O.F.M. Cap. 30 Comments

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Today, 50 years after the opening of Vatican II, the misinterpretation of one of its most salient documents, Lumen Gentium, continues to drive a number of Catholics in the United States into one of two camps, the “right” or the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: " Cardinal Bernadin, "Catholic Common Ground Project, "non-ex-Cathedra teaching, "the spirit of Vatican II, Featured, Humanae Vitae, Lumen Gentium, Second Vatican Council

Symbols and the “Hermeneutic of Continuity”

February 21, 2013 By Fr. Brian Van Hove, S.J.

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The camauro appears in the portraits of popes before the Reformation. Its revival for a single occasion by Pope Benedict XVI was surely within his well-known program of the “hermeneutic of continuity." From left to right: Pope … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: camauro, Featured, mozzetta, pallium, popes before the Reformation, Randy Engel, Russell Shaw, saturno, Second Vatican Council, wider use of Latin in St. Peter’s

Questions Answered

November 27, 2012 By Fr. Brian Mullady, OP

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What is the New Evangelization? What to do when a chalice of consecrated wine spills before communion? What is the New Evangelization? Question: I have heard much about the New Evangelization to which Pope John Paul II so … [Read more...]

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Challenging Islam

March 27, 2012 By Rev. Michael P. Orsi

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Today, we face a political/religious challenge, Islam, in which, avoiding hard truths, exposes us to a real and present danger. I am not disposed toward the soothingly facile idea embodied in the popular expression, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Christianity vs. Islam, Featured, Islam, Mohammed, Second Vatican Council

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