Church History, The Early Church Fathers, Synods & Church Councils

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VATICAN II, 40 YEARS LATER: "DIGNITATIS HUMANAE"

Vatican Address to Council of Europe

Not Conspiracies but Mistakes

A Gift From the Middle Ages

Book Aims to Set Record Straight on Vatican II

The Counter-Reformation: Ignatius and the Jesuits

Modern Aftermath of the Crusades

Total Reform

After the Council: Living Vatican II

When Rome's Religious Houses Saved Jews

FATHERS OF THE CHURCH: An Overview by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D

The Gospels As History

Mistakes, Yes. Conspiracies, No. | Getting at the true story of the Fourth Crusade

Crusade Myths

Emanuele Pacifici Recalls Church's Aid During Nazi Era

1946 Document on Jewish Children Tells a Different Story

The Real History of the Crusades

Freemasonry's Influence in Europe

Praise for a U.S. Diplomat's Memoirs on Pius XII

The Holy Grail: Fact or Fiction?

Cardinal Walter Kasper - Unitatis Redintegratio: A New Interpretation After 40 Years

How a Wartime Vatican Agency Worked 

Vatican II 40 Years Later: Dei Verbum

Reconsidering Vatican II

Why Catholicism Makes Protestantism Tick

Holy See on the New Europe (Part 1)

Holy See on the New Europe (Part 2)

The Drafting of "Lumen Gentium"

ZENIT - What the Crusades Were Really Like

What Europe Needs

THE GREAT SCHISM THAT DIVIDED EAST AND WEST

Catholic Challenge: Vatican II And You

On Hitler, the Holy See and the Jews (Part 1)

On Hitler, the Holy See and the Jews (Part 2)

Christ Is Interpreter of History, Says Pope

Various - Library Documents on the Inquisition

Council of Faith: The Post Conciliar Documents

Council of Faith: The Documents of Vatican II 

Open Windows: Why Vatican II Was Necessary

Second Vatican Council II Closing Speech

Renewal But Not Betrayal - Pope Paul VI

The Filioque: A Church-Dividing Issue?

History of the Catholic Church in the US

Great Moments in Church History

Pope Paul VI - Teachings of the Council

"A Brief History of U.S. - Holy See Relations"

Archbishop Phillip Hannan & Avery Cardinal Dulles on Vatican II ("The World Over" Air Date: 11/07/03)

SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL

WHY THE NEW CENTURY WILL NOT BRING VATICAN III

What did the Second Vatican Council do for us?

Catholicism: The Heart of History

Warren H. Carroll, PH.D. - Honoring Christopher Columbus

EUROPE, CHRISTIANITY, AND THE THOUGHT OF CHRISTOPHER DAWSON

What Went Wrong with Vatican II by Dr. Ralph McInerny

Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation

THE GALILEO AFFAIR

1633 Letter Resolves the Legend About the Galileo Case, Says Vatican Aide

WHY ORESTES BROWNSON BELIEVED THE U.S. NEEDED THE CHURCH

ORIGIN OF "THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS"

Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past

True and False Reform

ECCLESIA IN EUROPA

Ecclesia in America

Pope John XXIII - Address at the Opening of Vatican Council II - 11 October 1962

NEW PENTECOST

The General Councils of the Church

The Church’s Five Wounds By Scott Hahn

Crusades: Truth and Black Legend

The Everlasting Man

A Short History of England

SERTUM LAETITIAE (On the Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hierarchy In the United States)

John Paul II Letter on Inquisition Symposium

Papal Household Theologian at Presentation on Inquisition Symposium

Off the Rails: Was Vatican II Hijacked?

In Observance of "Lumen Gentium" Anniversary

Crusades nonsense from US News & World Report - April 12, 2002

The Truth About the Spanish Inquisition

Ah, Youth: When the Church Was Young

Kingdom of Heaven

His Story and the History of the Church

Vatican II and the Church in the world: Archbishop Chaput challenges Catholics to live council’s vision

Is This Chalice the Holy Grail? Interview with Janice Bennett | October 2004

The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction
 

Collegiality Characterizes Synodal Process

Why the Synod of Bishops Came About

Synod of Bishops-Resources

Summary of Synod Assemblies 1967-1980

Summary of Synod Assemblies 1980-1991

Summary of Synod Assemblies 1994-1997

Summary of Synod Assemblies 1998

Summary of Synod Assemblies 1999-2001

Due Process

Synod 2005: The Eucharist

Book Confirms Church's Saving Role With Jews

The Tale of Trent: A Council and and Its Legacy

The Fable of 'Pope Joan'

The Jesuits and the Iroquois

Who Invented Charity?

History of Holy Week

Knights Templar Letter a Fraud, Says Holy See

Survival of the Faithful

Urban II: The Pope of the First Crusade

Retreading Rome's Appian Way

Monasteries and Madrassas: Five Myths About Christianity, Islam, and the Middle Ages

The Role of the Inquisition in Europe

THE REAL TOMB OF JESUS by Msgr. Michael V. Reed, JCL, KCHS

Guidelines for Scripture Synod

The Truth About the Spanish Inquisition