Interest in this concept represents a return to a very ancient Catholic tradition. From April 6, 1963

Evelyn Waugh’s remarks on Vatican II unveil a paradox—the isolated Catholic. From March 30, 1963.

Any attempt to evaluate all the accomplishments of the Second Vatican Council's first session would be not only presumptuous but also premature. Some things, however, may be profitably noted.

It is our task to assist the church in her passage from the modern world to that new age which has not yet been named.

Profiles of 10 cardinals who served as council "presidents"

Some day you would like to write a book about Catholicism in America as you have known it. You keep putting it off, and the relentless years keep passing. The book will probably never be written.

Pope John XXIII announces the start date of Vatican II

A review of Hans Kung's advance look at Vatican II by a prominent Jesuit

A report on the ecumenical movement prior to the Second Vatican Council

From 1961, shortly before the convocation of Vatican II, one writer expressed hope for what could be the "Council of the Lay Apostolate."