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Pope: ‘The Council Fathers neither could nor wished to create a new Church’

October 11, 2012

On eve of 50th anniversary Benedict XVI reflects on weak and strong points of Council documents

Dr Rowan Williams: joint prayer and contemplation are key to evangelising the world

October 11, 2012

Dr Williams tells Pope and synod that evangelisation is 'overflow' of disciple's journey to Christ

Debate: Should we be celebrating the Second Vatican Council?

October 04, 2012

Or should we be urgently seeking to fix the damage it did to the Church?

Archbishop of Canterbury and Orthodox patriarch to join Vatican II celebration

September 17, 2012

Dr Rowan Williams and Patriarch Bartholomew to attend Mass marking 50th anniversary of council

As the Church prepares for the 50th anniversary of Vatican II, I ask: what did Pope John hope for?; also, ‘what unites Hans Küng and Daphne McLeod’?

September 05, 2012

The answer makes gloomy reading

The signs of decay in the Church were evident well before Vatican II

August 31, 2012

The Church was just not ready to face the changes the 1960s threw at it

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/06/12

June 26, 2012

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Vatican II did not downplay Eucharistic Adoration, says Pope

June 08, 2012

Benedict XVI celebrates Corpus Christi Mass in Rome

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