By Austen Ivereigh
The second one Vatican Council, which ended thirty-five years in the past, promised rather a lot: a brand new imaginative and prescient of a reformed Church conscious of its social, theological and ecumenical duties; a really conciliar Church with collegial buildings. although, this imaginative and prescient turns out to have evaporated and lots of of the promised reforms were truncated or haven't occurred in any respect. The Vatican continues to be intensely bureaucratic. Theologians are silenced and the impression of clerical scandal turns out to have led Church leaders to dig in and notice the deposit of religion as anything static. once more the Church believes it has a monopoly at the fact and thousands of individuals suppose marginalized and excluded. Britain's original Catholic weekly, The capsule , has fought for the spirit and values of Vatican II in a manner that no different magazine has performed. It has criticised the Church (Humanae Vitae) and has condemned corruption, yet has additionally supported the Church the place it's been correct to do so.These essays come from a really foreign forged of members who conceal the Church of Vatican II yet primarily supply us prophesy of the place this imaginative and prescient should still lead the Church and the folk of God. this can be a Church semper reformanda.
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Our love for truth nourishes in us the 40 THE 'OPEN CHURCH' 40 YEARS LATER self-command of free men. By contrast, other loves can deflect us from following the light. They can twist our judgement and undermine our courage, as in the case of the scientist who falsified data for the sake of advancement. Oddly enough, the profoundest characteristic of free women and men is their love for truth. That is the love that makes them free. If you are reflecting along with me about your own love of truth and willingness to bear the burden of asking questions, you have available in your own consciousness much of the classic evidence for assertions about the nature of the human person, human community and God, according to the traditions of the Catholic Church.
Has persisted among Catholics of a certain age, old enough to have shared in the initial euphoria of reform in the white heat of the conciliar years themselves. One prominent and persistent theme of the liberal critique of the present state of the Church has been its failure adequately to absorb the characteristic values and institutions of democracy - dialogue, consultation, accountability. The pressure for greater involvement of women - and maybe their eventual ordination - derives some of its force from 'democratic' rather than strictly theological arguments.
If theologians watch over their own ranks, bishops and Rome will not have to intrude. An open Church cannot be built if those with the crown jewels - the data of revelation - do not hold these life-giving data precious. The truths of the faith are essential for a true humanism. To treasure them, many in our blood-soaked time have given up their lives. Three Scarlet Threads Vatican II was a call to holiness sent out to hundreds of millions of hearts. It will be a success only if that call is heeded many times over, in critical mass.
