Beatifying Blessed Paul VI at the concluding Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family, Pope Francis praised the late pope as the "great helmsman" of the Second Vatican Council and founder of the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Sunday beatified Pope Paul VI, concluding the remarkable meeting of bishops debating family issues that drew parallels to the tumultuous reforms of the Second ...

As pope, John Paul II beatified more people than the total of all other popes since the 15th century reign of Pope Sixtus VI, leading some critics to speculate that he was rapidly pushed to sainthood.

Pope Paul VI kneels in prayer in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Sept. 29, 1963, during the opening ceremony for the second phase of the Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church.

Giovanni Battista Montini was elected pope in 1963, taking the name Paul VI, after the death of Pope John XXIII who had convened Vatican II in 1962*. Paul would shepherd the Council until its ...

When Pope Paul VI formally closed it last week, church." he... '"THE whole world expects a step forward," said John : XXIII as he opened the Second Vatican Council in October 1962.

St. Paul VI made clear in his closing address to Vatican II in 1965 that aggiornamento “was in no way an adaption of the Church to the world, as if the latter were supposed to establish norms ...

“Humanae vitae,” Paul VI’s Secret Survey” another clickbait headline that mixes mystery and intrigue for people published by Italian daily La Stampa’s Vatican Insider, on July 11, 2018.

Pope Paul VI, who presided over Vatican II’s completion, was mostly silent on the council’s implementation after the release of Humanae vitae in 1968. When John Paul II became pope, ...

Unlike his five immediate predecessors—John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II and Benedict XVI—Pope Francis did not attend Vatican II (1962-65); but from the beginning of his ...

Vatican City, Oct 19, 2014 / 10:57 am. Addressing those gathered in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday for the beatification of Paul VI, Pope Francis reminded Christians who live out the Gospel ...