Vatican II and the Task Before Us

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 02.18.2026).- On the morning of Wednesday, February 18, Pope Leo XIV held a general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The Pope entered the square about 15 minutes before 10 a.m. and toured the avenues in the popemobile. Continuing his series of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the Holy Father delved into the theme of the Church as mystery and sacrament. Below is the English translation of the P…

Vatican II and the task before us

Bishops are pictured in a file photo during a Vatican II session inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (OSV News file photo) In the opening weeks of 2026, Pope Leo XIV made it unmistakably clear that the Second Vatican Council remains central to the church’s future.   Opening an extraordinary consistory of cardinals, he returned to Lumen Gentium’s vision of the Catholic Church as the light of Christ for the world, calling bishops to embrac…

Pope Leo XIV: “The Church, an Effective Sign of Unity and Reconciliation in a Fragmented World”

In a sunny St. Peter’s Square, coinciding with Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, Pope Leo XIV held his weekly general audience today, continuing the cycle of catecheses dedicated to the documents of the Second Vatican Council. After five reflections on the Dogmatic Constitution  Dei Verbum  (on Divine Revelation), the Holy Father dedicated this session to the first catechesis on  Lumen Gentium , the Dogmatic Constitution on the C…