Thu Jan 8, 2026 - 4:25 pm EST VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV announced Wednesday that he is beginning a catechesis series to “closely” study the Second Vatican Council, which many priests and scholars have affirmed to be in need of correction. “We are beginning a new catechesis series dedicated to the Second Vatican Council and to a fresh reading of its Documents,” Leo wrote in an X post. “The Council’s Magisterium remains even today the North Star guiding the Church’s journey.” We are beginning a new catechesis series dedicated to the Second Vatican Council and to a fresh reading of its Documents. The Council’s Magisterium remains even today the North Star guiding the Church’s journey. #GeneralAudiencehttps://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm — Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) January 7, 2026 “Closely studying the Council documents will help us to be attentive interpreters of the signs of the times, and to proclaim the Gospel to all,” Leo …