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Say 'Yes' to Pope's Request To Learn More About Vatican II Documents

"The greatest concern of the Ecumenical Council is this: that the sacred deposit of Christian doctrine should be guarded and taught more efficaciously. That doctrine embraces the whole of man, composed as he is of body and soul. And, since he is a pilgrim on this earth, it commands him to tend always toward heaven."

Principle Duty of the Council by Blessed John XXIII

  

 

Coverage Schedule
Catholic Morality and the Catechism
Tuesdays at 6:30AM ET
What the Church believes, celebrates, lives and prays presented by the late theologian and gifted teacher, Msgr. William Smith, S.T.D. A special feature of Catholic Morality and the Catechism is its emphasis on the Catechism as the perfect reference tool for answering any and all questions about the Faith.
Council of Faith: The Documents of Vatican II
Mondays-Saturdays at 6AM ET
In this 15-part series, host Fr. John Trigilio, Ph.D. makes clear whatthese 16 documents really said. He places them in historical context, develops their major themes, and shows how they provide a foundation for the life of the Church today.
Council of Faith: The Post Conciliar Documents
Begins Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 6AM ET
A 16-part series, in which host Fr. John Trigilio explains various documents, which havecome from Rome, clarifies the teachings of Vatican II.
EWTN on location
Begins Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2PM ET
Dr. Ralph Martin, is a keynote speaker on "Vatican II and Evangelization" at the Renewal for the Sake of Evangelization Conference in Detroit.

Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit, the keynote speaker at the Renewal for the Sake of Evangelization Conference at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, addressing "Vatican II & Renewal."
Ralph McInerny: What Went Wrong with Vatican II?
Begins Monday, Dec. 17 at 6AM ET
In a 3-part interview from 1999, EWTN News Director Raymond Arroyo asks Ralph McInerny, a distinguished Thomist, "What Went Wrong with Vatican II?" In an engaging dialogue McInerny sets the record straight about the Council, the climate of dissent, which followed it, and the efforts of the post-conciliar popes to correct the false "spirit of Vatican II."