Tag: Charles-Marie Himmer

Cardijn, Camara and the Pact of the Catacombs
As the Pan-Amazon Synod reaches its conclusion in Rome, around 150 participants have met in the Domitilla Catacombs to commit themselves to a new updated “Pact of the Catacombs.”

Suenens clears the decks
Suenens, who had become archbishop of Malines-Brussels in November 1961 just eleven months before the opening of the Council, worked hard to clear the decks among the personnel of the diocese..

Suenens vs Cardijn at Vatican II
I can’t remember when I first heard that there had been tension between Cardijn and the former archbishop of Malines-Brussels, the famous Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens.


