Alberto Melloni
Alberto Melloni
Alberto Melloniis a church historian known especially for his work on the Second Vatican Council...
announce christian opportunity people simply taught thanks threat
Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Christian life, but as an opportunity to announce the Gospel.
cardinal chinese couple days government next zen
We have to see in the next couple of days if the Chinese government will congratulate Cardinal Zen or not.
basically concerns concrete heart history view
Basically what concerns Benedict XVI is the heart of the Church, and in his view of things concrete history is not part of that.
quite red shoes
Those red shoes have made quite an impression.
aware catholics younger
Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experiencing its effects.
clarity listened pope wants
This pope wants to get to the essentials. He wants to be listened to. It's clarity he's after, not stardom.
question thousand turning
This can be done in a thousand different ways, but the question is: Will collegiality have a turning point?
highly member ranked
He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had.
bishops decide hold listened whether
He has to decide whether to hold a synod different from the past, in which bishops have the possibility not only of being listened to but of making decisions.