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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB Archbishop of Tegucigalpa University of Dallas Ministry Conference Irving Convention Center 1. Introduction: It is not possible to talk about the Church, or about the Church today, without referring to the crucial moment in contemporary history that Vatican II has been for her, both as an event of grace and a paradigmatic reference. The Church is rising. There is a significant increment of the faith in Africa, where the Church has grown tremendously during the 20th century. Such vitality can also be seen in some sectors of the...

Although papal infallibility is commonly found in popular conversation, how well the term is understood is another matter.“Christ giving Peter the keys of the kingdom” by Pietro PeruginoAs Danny Garland, Jr., pointed out in his recent article on “The Development of the Dogma of Papal Infallibility,” the term “papal infallibility” has a centuries-old history that stretches from Peter John Olivi, in the thirteenth century, through John Henry Newman, in the nineteenth century, and down to the present. 1In addition to being a well-known term with a lengthy history, “papal infallibility” is also highly symbolic: for Roman Catholics, it has often...

I understand that for many Catholics, the words "Vatican II" conjure up visions of liturgical madness, rotten catechesis, doctrinal mushiness, and loss of Catholic culture. After all, there has been plenty of that in the West since the close of the Council. But, as I’ve stated here before, those sad realities must not be confused with the real intentions and teachings of the Council, something Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger have spoken about many times. Here, then, are at least ten reasons why the Second Vatican Council took place: 1) To Obey the Holy Spirit: The first reason...