With the title above, a website has just been opened in order to promote and further the Second Vatican Council. Here is the description on the home page:Viva il Concilio' is first of all an expression of gratitude that throughout the centuries the assistance of the Holy Spirit has not been lacking to the Church. At Vatican II, Gods Spirit did not skimp with his gifts but poured them out on us "good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over" (Lk 6:38) Deo gratias.'Viva il Concilio', besides being an act of thanksgiving, also constitutes a promise: only by renewed fidelity to the truth of that spiritual event will it be possible for the Catholic Church to make use of the gifts received and to keep its memory alive. Paul VI constantly recalled the Churchs duty of "fidelity to the Council." Because it was a summons to apostolic responsibility, we must first "understand it" and then "follow it."'Viva il Concilio' is a task that is grounded in memory, engages the present, and opens out upon prophecy. We must "remember that the Council sprang from the great heart of Pope John XXIII.... All of us are truly in debt to this extraordinary ecclesial event" (Benedict XVI). For that reason, the lesson of the last Council must be welcomed as "the great grace from which the Church has benefitted in the twentieth century. In it we are offered a safe compass for orienting ourselves on the path of the century that is opening" (John Paul II).'Viva il Concilio' wishes, finally, to be a website, promoted by Giacomo Canobbio, Piero Coda, Severino Dianich, Massimo Nardello, Gilles Routhier, and Marco Vergottini, along with Cardinals Carlo M. Martini and Roberto Tucci and Bishop Luigi Bettazzi. Here will be found: a) sources; b) magisterial statements; c) theological essays; d) initiatives (texts, videos, meetings and publications) useful for inviting the People of God to read and interpret the Churchs activity and witness today "in the light of the Council" (Paul VI).JAK: The organizers of this website are first-rate theologians. At the moment, all of the materials offered are in Italian; whether that will change in the future I dont know but will try to find out. In any case, its encouraging to know of this initiative.