Noticing that the words "Vatican II" evoked no response in her high school students, an Irish nun recently told me she asked them what Vatican II was. After some time and with much hesitation, one of them asked: "Would that be the pope’s summer residence?" That we have just celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) reminds us (...)
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Vatican II as Ecumenical Council
Yves Congar's Vision Realized
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