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Vatican II
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Yves Congar, Vatican II’s greatest theologian
Perhaps no thinker influenced Catholic theology in the 20th century more than Yves Congar, O.P.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1967: An interview with Yves Congar
In 1967, Patrick Granfield, O.S.B., conducted this wide-ranging interview with Yves Congar, O.P., the great theologian of Vatican II.
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Friends and colleagues remember Richard Gaillardetz, theologian, mentor and witness
Friends and colleagues remembered Richard Gaillardetz, who died on Tuesday, as a perceptive theologian, mining in his talks, articles and books the ecclesiology of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ vision for the church. They also noted the powerful witness of his reflections on his final months of life.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Analysis: The synod is not Vatican III. It’s Pope Francis’ implementation of Vatican II.
Pope Francis did not attend Vatican II, but from the beginning of his pontificate, he set out with determination to continue its implementation.
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Bishop Barron fears that Catholicism has been ‘dumbed down.’ But has it also been opened up?
Bishop Barron may be correct that the church has become intellectually weaker, but the way to truth is to continue inviting the voices of those who have been marginalized in the past.
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Cardinal Hollerich: ‘The Synod is not Vatican III’
“The Second Vatican Council has given all the elements; there is no new element given by us. Everything which is there is in the council,” Cardinal Hollerich shared in the second part of this exclusive interview.
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Vatican II’s secret priest-journalist: The story of Xavier Rynne
Much of the story of the Second Vatican Council was first told to Americans by Xavier Rynne in The New Yorker. But who was Rynne?
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Vatican II: Rupture or reform?
George Weigel’s new book, ‘To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II,’ is a defense of the council against those who think it created a rupture with tradition (for better or for worse).
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From 1991: Avery Dulles on Henri de Lubac
After the death of Henri de Lubac, S.J., on Sept. 4, 1991, Avery Dulles, S.J. penned a long tribute to the theologian, a major influence on Vatican II and later theological developments.