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In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his new cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and his reflection on Dei Verbum, the Council's Constitution on Divine Revelation. He said that "in every age, the Church is called to re-propose the Word of God in a language capable of being embodied in history and reaching hearts." ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his new cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and his reflection on Dei Verbum, the Council's Constitution on Divine Revelation. He said that "The Word of God...is not fossilized, but rather it is a living and organic reality that develops and grows in Tradition. Thanks to the Holy Spirit, Tradition understands it in the richness of its truth and embodies it in the shifting coordinates of history." ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his new cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and his reflection on Dei Verbum, the Council's Constitution on Divine Revelation. He said that "in Christ, God has communicated himself to us and, at the same time, he has manifested to us our true identity as his children, created in the image of the Word." ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his new cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He reflected on Dei Verbum, the Council's Constitution on Divine Revelation, saying that "with the coming of the Son in human flesh, the Covenant opens up to its final purpose: in Jesus, God makes us sons and daughters, and calls us to become like Him." ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV turned to celebrating the 60th anniversary of Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Freedom, Nostra Aetate.  ...read more
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Jewish-Catholic Dialogue, 60 Years After Nostra Aetate | One Body
Rabbi David Seed and Murray Watson
October 28, 2025
Rabbi David Seed and Dr. Murray Watson celebrate 60 years of Jewish-Catholic dialogue since Vatican II's Nostra Aetate. ...read more
Julien Hammond looks back on the history of Catholic interreligious dialogue in the six decades since Vatican II's landmark Declaration. ...read more
Sixty years after Lumen Gentium, the question is as relevant today as it was then: What kind of Church is God calling us to be and to become? ...read more
At a high school reunion shortly after Pope Benedict XVI was elected, I was challenged by a former classmate who is now a United Church Minister. ...read more
In today's General Audience, Pope Francis highlighted the role of lay people in the apostolic mission of the Church. ...read more