The story is told of a teacher in the United States who asked a class what Vatican II was. Silence ensued. Finally, one of the young students raised a hand, inquiring: “Would that be the pope’s summer residence?” There are many who will say that the Second Vatican Council is now so much in the bloodstream of the Catholic Church that such ignorance among the younge (...)
September 14, 2007
Books
What Happened at the Council?
Ecumenism and Interreligious DialogueCardinal Edward Idris CassidyPaulist Press, $18.95, 304 pp.The Church in the MakingRichard R. GaillardetzPaulist Press, $19.95, 240 pp.
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