THA CHURCH SINCE VATICAN II , BY Michael Davies
FROM SELF-CRITICISM TO SELF-DESTRUCTION:
A QUOTE FROM CARDINAL RATZINGER
The text of this pamphlet was delivered as a lecture in Belfast and Dublin in October 1984. No attempt has been made to adapt the Format to the printed word. Two months later L'Osservatore Romano, the official journal of the Holy See, carried a report of an interview given by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which endorses the conclusion of Mr. Davies concerning the effects of Vatican Il in a very dramatic manner. We quote:
FROM SELF-CRITICISM TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
"Certainly, the results [of Vatican II] seem cruelly opposed to the expectations of everyone, beginning with those of Pope John XXIII and then of Paul VI: expected was a new Catholic unity and instead we have been exposed to dissension which---to use the words of Paul VI---seems to have gone from self-criticism to self-destruction. Expected was a new enthusiasm, and many wound up discouraged and bored. Expected was a great step forward, and instead we find ourselves faced with a progressive process of decadence which has developed for the most part precisely under the sign of a calling back to the Council, and has therefore contributed to discrediting for many. The net result therefore seems negative. I am repeating here what I said ten years after the conclusion of the work: it is incontrovertible that this period has definitely been unfavorable for th Catholic Church."
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger,
L'Osservatore Romano (English edition),
24 December 1984
THE ANGELUS PRESS
1985
Published on the web with permission of the author.
Contents:
FROM SELF-CRITICISM TO SELF-DESTRUCTION: A QUOTE FROM CARDINAL RATZINGER
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
DECLINE AND RENEWAL
CITIZENS OF HEAVEN
THE DIVINIZATION OF MAN
RATIONALISM
PROTESTANTISM
MODERNISM
A SAINT INTERVENES
THE ENCYCLICAL HUMANI GENERIS
MARXISM
DEMOCRACY
OCCULT FORCES
THE EVE OF THE COUNCIL
THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
POPE PAUL VI PROTESTS
THE COUNCIL AS AN EVENT
BISHOP ADRIAN'S TESTIMONY
THE SPIRIT OF VATICAN II
FANTASY VERSUS FACT
THE CRANKS TAKE OVER
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
THE DEIFICATION OF MAN
THE SATANIC CONNECTION
INEVITABILITY?
CATHOLIC RESISTANCE
THE CONSERVATIVE OPTION
THIS SCHISMATIC IMPASSE
THE CATHOLIC WAY
BACK COVER STATEMENT
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Cardeal Joseph Ratzinger :“A verdade é que o próprio Concílio não definiu nenhum dogma e conscientemente quis expressar-se em um nível muito mais modesto, meramente como Concílio pastoral; entretanto, muitos o interpretam como se ele fosse o super dogma que tira a de todos os demais Concílios". (Cardeal Joseph Ratzinger, Alocução aos Bispos do Chile, em 13 de Julho de 1988, in Comunhão Libertação, Cl, año IV, Nº 24, 1988, p. 56).
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
FROM SELF-CRITICISM TO SELF-DESTRUCTION
"Certainly, the results [of Vatican II] seem cruelly opposed to the expectations of everyone, beginning with those of Pope John XXIII and then of Paul VI: expected was a new Catholic unity and instead we have been exposed to dissension which---to use the words of Paul VI---seems to have gone from self-criticism to self-destruction. Expected was a new enthusiasm, and many wound up discouraged and bored. Expected was a great step forward, and instead we find ourselves faced with a progressive process of decadence which has developed for the most part precisely under the sign of a calling back to the Council, and has therefore contributed to discrediting for many. The net result therefore seems negative. I am repeating here what I said ten years after the conclusion of the work: it is incontrovertible that this period has definitely been unfavorable for th Catholic Church."
L'Osservatore Romano (English edition),
24 December 1984
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