Pope Francis and Vatican II: 'There's no turning back'

GIACOMO GALEAZZI
Vatican Insider
April 16, 2013

The Council is a” fruit of the Spirit” but many want to “turn back time.” Roncalli seemed to be “a good parish priest” and the Second Vatican Council remains current. “50 years on, have we done everything the Holy Spirit told us to during the Council? In that period of continued growth in the Church that was marked by the Council?”

The person asking these questions is Pope Francis. ....

So the Second Vatican Council represented a historical occasion for a great ecclesiastical revolution, which has not quite happened yet. That to the spirit of the Council, the Church opened itself up to the world; a number of steps remain to be taken however. “Let us celebrate this anniversary – he said – let us make a monument that doesn't bother anyone. We don't want to change. Indeed, there are some who wish to go backwards. This is what is called being stubborn, this is called wanting to tame the Holy Spirit, this is called poor judgement and slow hearted.” “The same thing happens in our personal lives,” the Pope said. In fact, “the Spirit pushes us to take a more evangelical path, “ but we resist. Finally, he urged: “don't try to fight the Holy Spirit. It is the Spirit that sets us free, with Jesus' freedom, with that freedom of God's children.”

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