Tag: Pope John Paul II
Patrick Keegan, lay pioneer
On 13 October 1964, Patrick Keegan, pioneer of the YCW in England and with the International YCW, as well as co-founder of the World Movement of Christian Workers (WMCW) became the first lay person to address the Second Vatican Council.
Cardinal Edward Cassidy and the IYCW
I’m not sure when I first heard of Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, the Australian-born Vatican diplomat, who died on 10 April 2021, but it was long before Pope John Paul II appointed him as Substitute at the Holy See.
Universal brotherhood and solidarity: Cardijn & JPII
It’s a hundred years this month since the birth on 18 May 1920 of Karol Wojtyla, now better known as St John Paul II. Remarkably, the Polish pontiff was the fifth and last 20th century pope known personally by Cardijn
Marx, Houtart, Wojtyla and the “See” in Gaudium et Spes
Many would be surprised to learn that the introduction on The Human Condition in the World of Today to, Gaudium et Spes, was originally drafted by an avowed Marxist.
Karol Wojtyla channels Cardijn
In his book ‘Sources of renewal’ on how to implement Vatican II, young Polish Bishop Karol Wojtyla only cites by name one Council participant besides Popes John XXIII and Paul VI.
‘Vatican II canonised Cardijn’: Aussie bishop
A new blog post at CathNews today: ‘The saint at Vatican II’ on Cardijn’s role at the Council.
