In a recent essay here at CWR, I commented on the significance of Pope Leo’s decision to devote his weekly audiences during this first full year of his pontificate to Vatican II and to a […]
I have often voiced my gratitude for the grace of being a student in Rome during the four sessions of the Second Vatican Council. One of the most unforgettable moments occurred barely six weeks after […]
Some fifty years ago, I spent a five-day retreat on a small island off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. On each day of the retreat, I concentrated my meditation upon a chapter of Saint Paul’s […]
In his hugely influential work, Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), St. Irenaeus of Lyons employs a striking image. Irenaeus speaks of the Trinity’s action in creating and redeeming as the Father employing his “two hands: the Son and […]
I first read Henri de Lubac, SJ, as a college student in the late 1950s, when Vatican II was still but a twinkle in Angelo Roncalli’s eye. Among my first discoveries were The Drama of Atheist […]
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