Recovering the spirit of Vatican II
Thanks to Pope Francis, disparaging the Second Vatican Council is no longer an acceptable hobby among Catholics
16/10/2022 | Na stronie od 20/10/2022
During Mass for the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, October 11, 2022. (Photo by Evandro Inetti/ ZUMA Press Wire MaxPPP) Read more at: https://international.la-croix.com/news/letter-from-rome/recovering-the-spirit-of-vatican-ii/16749
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Thanks to Pope Francis, disparaging the Second Vatican Council is no longer an acceptable hobby among Catholics
By Robert Mickens | Vatican City
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While attending a Holy See press conference about nine or ten years ago, I pointed out to the officials who were unveiling a new document that a number of things in the text did not appear to be in line with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
Immediately, some of the younger colleagues in the press corps began to murmur and one of them groaned just loud enough for at least some of us to hear, "O god, here we go again... the Council.
"The incident sprang to mind this past week while reading some of the negative remarks about Vatican II that have shown up in the press and on social media to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Council's opening on October 11, 1962.
Disparaging Vatican II is not today the hobby it had become during the previous pontificate when the ultra-traditionalist critics of the Council were able to gain greater prominence and influence in Rome and many parts of the Church around the...