Theology in Latin America by Maria Clara Bingemer

“…It will then examine how this theology acquired a new configuration after the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) in the twentieth century. Christian churches trying to implement Vatican II in the continent decided not to reproduce the European model of church and theology, or to produce theological thinking which would depart from the reality and the culture of Latin America. …”
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Moral Theology in Service of the Work of the Spirit: Synthesizing Pinckaers and Pope Francis Against the Moralities of Obligation by David Cloutier

“…One, I start with key claims from the documents of Vatican II about God’s action in each person’s life that connect the Council’s Christocentric anthropology with Francis’s broader commitments to discerning and accompanying God’s activity in the world, in less-overtly-Christological places. …”
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The awaited miracle: reflections of Marian apparitions in Garabandal, Spain by Niklas Sjöström

“…The events coincided with the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, or Vatican II. Garabandal is the only Marian apparition event to have prophesied and commented on Vatican II. …”
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The Role of the Laity in the Roman Catholic Church and in the World Today by Anthony Kofi Anomah, Peter Addai-Mensah

“…Fifty-four years after Vatican II, it seems to the researcher that the role of the laity in the Roman Catholic Church is still problematic to some clergy and the laity. …”
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Opracowanie Księdza Profesora Rektora Mariana Rechowicza na temat diakonatu stałego z 1961 roku by Michał Białkowski

“…Marian Rechowicz significantly differs from the doctrinal solutions approved by Vatican II.…”
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Un nuevo Pentecostés: el Concilio Vaticano II entre la memoria y el olvido (A New Pentecost: The Second Vatican Council between memory and forgetting) - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.20... by Alberto da Silva Moreira

“…<br /><br />Keywords: Church. Vatican II. Episcopate. Pentecostalism.</p><p><br />- DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2011v9n24p1267</p>…”
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Abstract of Collective Work "Ukraine and the Vatican: before and after the Second Vatican Council" by Editorial board of the Journal

“…The first chapter titled “The Second Vatican Council: religious studies paradigm aggiornamento” contains articles that survey the achievements, problems and prospects of the Catholic Church in the post-Vatican II period and foreseeable future. The content of these materials has different aspects: philosophical, sociological, historical, and theological.…”
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Thanks Be to God for Paul J. Wadell: Essays in Honor of a Friend and His Work by Tobias Winright

“…In it, Wadell's contributions to the field are briefly highlighted, along with how they map onto the landscape of post-Vatican II Catholic moral theology.…”
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HISTÓRIA E TEOLOGIA DA INFALIBILIDADE DA IGREJA by Bernard Sesboüé

“…This, however, was not invoked as often as expected. Vatican II teaches within the indefectibility of faith, without unalterable definitions.…”
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Review Essay: Method in American Catholic Moral Theology After Veritatis Splendor by David Cloutier, William C. Mattison III

“…Taking Veritatis Splendor as a signpost of reform and renewal of preconciliar moral theology, Cloutier and Mattison offer identifying characteristics – “commonalities and differences” – in post-Vatican II method throughout the subdiscipline in America: a greater focus on the relationship between grace and nature, along with a more inclusive, social understanding of morality – as opposed to preconciliar method, characterized by an individualistic and manual-based approach.…”
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Review Essay: The Resurgence of Virtue in Recent Moral Theology by David Cloutier, William C. Mattison III

“…There has, however, been increased emphasis paid to virtue leading up to Vatican II. This review essay aims to reconstruct the narrative of the decline and rise of virtue in Catholic moral theology, paying attention to such key figures as Stanley Hauerwas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Servais Pinckaers, Julia Annas, Jean Porter, Martin Rhonheimer, and others. …”
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Kaznodziejstwo posoborowe: przed czy po odnowie? by Andrzej Draguła

“…The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican II restored the homily proper role in the liturgy of the Mass, making it an integral part of it. …”
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Symposium on the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family--Conscience and the Synod: An Evolving Quaestio Disputata by James T. Bretzke

“…There has been shift in moral theology that began with the run-up to Vatican II and has been something of a protracted tug-of-war ever since. …”
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Note on the contribution of A. Fernández Díaz-Nava to the renewal of moral theology in Spain by Marciano Vidal

“…This brief note explains the contribution of Adolfo Fernández Díaz-Navato the renewal of the Moral Theology in Spain after the council Vatican II (1962-1965). Also it present his leadership for the institution of the ATME: Association of the Spanish Moral Teologians.…”
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Forgiveness and Reconciliation between Poles and Germans as a Gift and Task. 50 Years after the Exchange of Letters of Polish and German Bishops by Henryk J. Muszyński

“…This Message contained the famed phrase “we forgive and ask for forgiveness” directed, at the conclusion of Vatican II, to the German bishops by representatives of the people, who were the victim of World War II. …”
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A panorama in the university ministry for the definition and establishment of the institutional educational project of the USTA in Colombia by Alvaro Arango Restrepo

“…This work presents a review of what in theory is meant by Campus Ministry, according to different looks within the Church, from the conception we have of college at Dominican-Thomistic tradition, through the vision offered by the university council documents Vatican II, to become what is thought by evangelizing presence in the university, according to papal documents that during the last two popes have been produced to guide the very exercise of this ministry.…”
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Retrofuturism. A Revisited Concept for Religious Architecture by Augustin Ioan

“…Should they follow the post Vatican II trend of aggiornamento in Catholic architecture and update the traditional and regional building models? …”
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El pensamiento de santo Tomás de Aquino en la Encíclica Fides et ratio by Lluis Clavell

“…The harmony between faith and reason, the right autonomy of the human nature, the metaphysics of act of being (including the personal being) seem to be the ground of the recomendations of the Popes, particularly from Leo XIII to John Paul II, to study the thought of Aquinas, that was very present in the Council Vatican II.…”
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Bernard Häring's Influence on American Catholic Moral Theology by James F. Keenan

“…Häring’s impact on the thought of Vatican II is unmistakable, offering a unique and compelling style grounded in Scripture (the return of which to moral theology he is almost solely responsible), virtue ethics, and prominence of freedom of conscience.…”
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Between Inculturation and Natural Law: Comparative Method in Catholic Moral Theology by David M. Lantigua, David A. Clairmont

“…In a post-Vatican II Church finding itself in an increasingly globalized world, a spirit of ecumenical generosity is not only possible but necessary. …”
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