{"id":11620,"date":"2011-09-28T11:06:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=11620"},"modified":"2011-09-28T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:21:38","slug":"who-begun-the-undoing-of-vatican-ii-was-it-already-pope-paul-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/09\/28\/who-begun-the-undoing-of-vatican-ii-was-it-already-pope-paul-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Who began the undoing of Vatican II? Was it already Pope Paul VI??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abbot Giovanni Franzoni, OSB, former abbot at St. Paul&#8217;s Outside the Walls in Rome, was a participant in the Second Vatican Council. He recently spoke at a theology conference of his experience as a council father. He stated,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today, in many places, even in our environment, it is said that John Paul II and then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger \u2013 as of 2005, Benedict XVI \u2013 were the ones who put a stop to the post-conciliar ferment, imposing a restrictive, minimalist interpretation of Vatican II. However, in my opinion, it was Paul VI himself who set the premises so that the Council could be, at least in part, \u201ctamed\u201d and the post-conciliar period \u201ccooled down.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See the full text of his talk at the website of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie\/2011\/09\/vatican-ii-lost-and-betrayed-giovanni-franzoni\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of Catholic Priests<\/a> in Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Oppose ecclesiastical power, but look with mercy on the custodians of this power. Try daily in your communities to build this Church-for-others of Vatican II. We sow, the Gospel also says, in tears; others, in their day, shall reap in joy. But let us not lament our fate. 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