Robert Mickens, in his column “Letter from Rome,” in the Tablet, quotes\u00a0this expression of concern over divisions within the Church and the\u00a0undermining of\u00a0Vatican II, from Father Enzo Bianchi:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no denying it. Many people involved in the Church admit they are tired out, or in any case without hope.\u201d Thus begins a disturbing article in the latest issue of the Italian monthly Jesus.\u00a0 The author is Enzo Bianchi, prior of the Monastery of Bose near Turin. For decades he has been one of the best-selling spiritual authors in Italy and a nationally recognized symbol of mainstream Catholicism. His recent article should make Catholics everywhere stop and think.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not an easy moment for the Church, because the Church itself is lacerated and divided,\u201d writes Bianchi. He says this is partly because various groups of Catholics are at odds over how to respond to the changing \u201ccultural climate\u201d. \u201cBut I believe we must recognise that there are also aspects of the inner life of the Church that are helping to making us weary. Many Catholics are working against Vatican II by criticising it and distancing themselves from it; by working against ecumenism and the liturgical reform.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those Catholics who \u201cstruggled to change\u201d nearly 50 years ago, and obediently followed \u201cthe directives of the Council and the Pope\u201d, are now filled with \u201cconfusion\u201d and even \u201cfrustration\u201d by this suspicious attitude towards Vatican II. And he says he is personally tired of opposing church factions waging their \u201cwars\u201d through blogs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am nearly 70. I have worked my entire life for church unity and communion within my Church, but today I see many contradictions,\u201d writes Bianchi. \u201cAnd I ask with many others: where is the Church heading? This, our Church, that we have loved so much, and want to continue to love, as members that are loyal \u2013 not ones who are adulterous or who are looking for privileges and promotions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Something to think\u00a0about, and pray about,\u00a0on this Good Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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