Selected stories from Arkansas Catholic's special report on the Year of Faith
Published: October 6, 2012
The Year of Faith opens with a Mass in St. Peter Square in Vatican City Oct. 11, marking the 50th anniversary of opening of the Second Vatican Council. Click on a headline to read a selected story from Arkansas Catholic's Oct. 6, 2012, special report about the year dedicated to encouraging Catholics to study, profess and demonstrate their faith.
Plans for Year of Faith include hymn, Mass, packed calendar VATICAN CITY -- With a hymn and a prayer, Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella presented the Vatican's initial calendar of events for the Year of Faith, which begins with a Mass Oct. 11 in St. Peter's Square.
The evolving face of Catholic youth formation in NW Arkansas ROGERS -- Cars snake their way through the parking lot, winding around orange pylons and following the hand motions of the adults as they direct traffic and speak into their walkie-talkies.
Arkansas' bishop participated in all council sessions Arkansas' representative at the Second Vatican Council, Bishop Albert L. Fletcher, recognized early on how the diversity of the council attendees could change the Church.
16 documents issued in three years of council Here are the 16 documents approved by the Second Vatican Council, which ran from Oct. 11, 1962, to Dec. 8, 1965, and their dates of promulgation.
St. Paul says: How does the Bible define love?