The First American Pope
Dr. Matthew Bunson

Vatican II’s Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life
Part of the Second Vatican Council’s overarching concern in presenting the Catholic Church’s nature and mission in our times was its teaching on religious and consecrated life.
Dr. Schreck talks about the council’s decree on “The Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life,” or in Latin called “Perfectae Caritatis,” the perfection of charity.
Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals a new emphasis and clarity on the essential role and mission of lay…...
Jesus' promise that the Holy Spirit would guide the Church into all truth is fulfilled in this gift of infallibility: that God's people would know with certainty the…...
Jesus commissioned his Apostles to guide and lead his Church, and they passed on this authority to others. By the beginning of the second century, each local church…...