Category: World Congress of the Lay Apostolate
Fears for the ICO Conference… in 1967!
To understand the development of an organisation, it’s often useful to look at its origins. Thus, looking at the problems that developed between the Pontifical Council for the Laity (PCL) and the ICO Conference, it’s useful to look back at the origin of the former body.
Cardijn and the First World Congress on Lay Apostolate 1951
This month we celebrate the 70th anniversary of one of Cardijn’s keynote speech to the First World Congress on Lay Apostolate in Rome from 7-14 October 1951.
Plus ça change: Synod bishops battle the See Judge Act
Several working groups at the current Synod on the Family are questioning the utility of the method for an “ecclesial document”, according to press reports.
The missing movements mystery
Today, I published a short review of Alberigo and Komonchak’s History of Vatican II which tries to explain Cardijn’s absence from this history.
