Category: Chile
France, Belgium, Chile – a web of influence
One of the most famous Catholic books of the 20th century, France, pays de mission? created a sensation when it was first published at Lyons in wartime France in September 1943.
A Cardijn apostle, Bishop Manuel Larrain
After Cardijn was left off the list of experts for the First Session at Vatican II, one of the bishops who, according to Helder Camara, worked (successfully) to have him appointed to the Commission on Lay Apostolate, was the Chilean Bishop Manuel Larrain of Talca.
French influence in Latin America and on Vatican II
Last week I met and interviewed 99 year old Chilean Archbishop Bernardino Piñera, who interpreted for Cardijn during the latter’s first trip to Chile in 1946 before later becoming national chaplain to the JOC.
