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The documentation on Vatican Council II was enriched a few days ago with a new text never published before. And of noteworthy value.
It is made up of certain portions of the diary of Cardinal Roberto Tucci (in the photo), at the time the director of “La Civilta Cattolica.”
And it was precisely this magazine of the Jesuits of Rome – on the basis of these diary entries – that opened its latest issue with the account of the five conversations that Tucci had with Pope John XXIII between 1959 and 1962, or the announcement and beginning of Vatican II.
“La Civilta Cattolica” is a very special magazine. Before it is printed, its articles undergo inspection by the Vatican authorities, who sometimes approve them, other times modify them, and still others scrap them.
With Pius XII, it was the pope himself who reviewed the articles. John XXIII passed this burden on to his secretary of state.
But he continued to meet with the director of the magazine. Who afterward wrote about each conversation in his diary.
The diary of Fr. Tucci therefore provides a very up-close description of how John XXIII approached the Council that he had proclaimed. Continue reading
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