In his most recent book entitled "To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II," George Weigel explains the necessity of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and explores the continuing relevance of its teaching in a world seeking a deeper experience of freedom than personal willfulness. The Council’s texts are also a critical r

Friends, many mythologies and philosophies in the ancient world held that time is cyclical; it just goes round and round. Many people today, on the other hand, hold that time is meaningless; it is just one thing after another. The Bible says no to both of those finally despairing understandings of time. As we see in the readings for the Fourth S