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Q's from the Pews

Q’s from the Pews: Vol (5/9) What is the focus of Gaudium et Spes? September 8, 2025

Gaudium et Spes (Joys and Hopes) begins: “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 4/9): September 1, 2025

Dei Verbum (DV), the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, “(sets) forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on.”…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II: August 24, 2025

(Snippets –Vol 4/9) Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Constitution on the Liturgy has four goals: “(1) to impart an ever increasing vigor to the Christian life of…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 2/9): August 17, 2025

Volume II: Lumen Gentium or LG (translated as: Light to the Nations) was the first document worked on, but the second published. This document, along…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 1/9): August 10, 2025

July 28th began our formal study of the Documents of Vatican II suggested by Pope Francis. Since many of you cannot attend the formal classes,…

Q’s from the Pews: What is a Roman Catholic? August 3, 2025

The descriptor “Roman Catholic” is quite commonly used to describe Catholics in the Western world. However, you might not know that the Catholic Church does…

Q’s from the Pews: How does a virtuous life lead to freedom? July 20, 2025

St. Thomas Aquinas listed four cardinal virtues: prudence (caution), temperance (balance), justice (fairness), and fortitude (perseverance). These virtues, espoused by ancient Greek philosophers, were explored…

Vatican II’s Christocentric View: July 13, 2025

Last week’s article explored Pope Leo’s commitment to a Christocentric Church, a central theme of Vatican II. In declaring the Jubilee of 2025, Pope Francis…

Leo XIV’s Christocentric View: July 6, 2025

In recent comments to Italy’s Bishops, Pope Leo XIV affirmed his Christ-centered (Christocentric) view of the Church in the world. This follows the theme of…

What is a Dean in the Church? June 29, 2025

The structure of the institution of the Catholic Church has evolved in response to a changing world and the growth of the Church (“the evolving…