Mass Exodus

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Bullivant
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Religious Cultures ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Pope John Xxiii

In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with the prophecy that ‘a new day is dawning on the Church, bathing her in radiant splendour’. Desiring ‘to impart an ever increasing vigour to the Christian life of the faithful’, the Council Fathers devoted particular attention to the laity, and set in motion a series of sweeping reforms. The most significant of these centred on refashioning the Church’s liturgy. Over fifty years on, however, the statistics speak for themselves—or seem to. In America, only 15% of cradle Catholics say that they attend Mass on a weekly basis; meanwhile, 35% no longer even tick the ‘Catholic box’ on surveys. In Britain, of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have ‘no religion’. But is this all the fault of Vatican II, and its runaway reforms? Or are wider social, cultural, and moral forces primarily to blame? Catholicism is not the only Christian group to have suffered serious declines since the 1960s. If anything Catholics exhibit higher church attendance, and better retention, than most Protestant churches do. If Vatican II is not the cause of Catholicism’s crisis, might it instead be the secret to its (comparative) success? Mass Exodus is the first serious historical and sociological study of Catholic lapsation and disaffiliation. Drawing on a wide range of theological, historical, and sociological sources, it also offers a comparative study of secularization across two famously contrasting religious cultures: Britain and the USA.

scholarly journals The “Johannine Prayer” that Never Really Was

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray K. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Pope John Xxiii

Since 1965, a moving “prayer of contrition” for the sins of Catholics against Jews throughout the centuries has circulated in various forms and languages in numerous Jewish and Christian publications and Web sites. The prayer, allegedly composed by the dying Pope John XXIII for worldwide recitation, was already called into question in the 1960s by commentators close to the late Pope familiar with his writings. In more recent years, investigations into the authorship of the prayer have concluded with reasonable certainty that its origins actually lie with the Irish-born Jesuit priest and scholar Malachi Martin, a Vatican II insider whose concern for promoting Jewish-Catholic relations apparently extended to the point of “ghost-writing” this prayer. This article examines both the popularity and influence of this prayer, and some of the evidence that points to Martin (and not John XXIII) as its source.

scholarly journals Os pobres como perspectiva em Medellín

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (309) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Paulo Sérgio Lopes Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Pope John Xxiii

Objetiva-se neste artigo apresentar teologicamente os pobres, tendo como perspectiva a II Conferência Geral do Episcopado Latino-americano, realizada na cidade de Medellín, na Colômbia, no período de 24 de agosto a 06 de setembro de 1968. Justifica este objetivo o fato de a referida Conferência, ao buscar adaptar o Concílio Vaticano II na América Latina, ter encontrado na referida categoria o assento plausível para ser fiel à articulação entre fé e contexto histórico latino-americano. Para atingir este objetivo, tomar-se-á a esteira do Concílio Vaticano II, tendo como ponto de partida a expressão “Igreja dos Pobres”, cunhada pelo Papa João XXIII, trazendo à tona importantes posições teológicas sobre a questão dos pobres. Em seguida, decifrar-se-á textualmente a categoria “pobres”, e buscar-se-á visualizá-la como carência, espiritualidade e compromisso em todo o documento das conclusões de Medellín. Espera-se que a hermenêutica textual possibilite visualizar que a Conferência de Medellín não foi um acontecimento que já terminou, mas que continua a ser um chamado para que a Igreja de Cristo, pobre, com os pobres, tenha os pobres como sujeitos históricos, efetivando verdadeiramente uma Igreja dos Pobres.Abstract: This paper aims at presenting theologically the poor as perspective in the second General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate, held in the city of Medellín, in Colombia, in the period from 24 August to 06 September 1968. This objective justified the fact that the Conference, to get fit in the Second Vatican Council in Latin America, found in the said category workable seating to be faithful to the relationship between faith and historical context. To achieve this goal, the wake of the Second Vatican Council, having as starting point the expression “Church of the poor”, coined by Pope John XXIII, bringing up important theological positions on the issue of the poor. Then crack will be verbatim the “poor” category and will view it as grace, spirituality and commitment throughout the document the conclusions of Medellín. It is expected that the textual hermeneutics allows show that the Conference of Medellín was not an event that already expired, but continues to be a call to the Church of Christ, poor, with the poor and the poor as subjects, history effecting truly a Church of the poor.Keywords: Medellín;Poor; Church of the poor; Vatican II.

scholarly journals Igreja dos pobres do Vaticano II a Medellín e aos dias atuais

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (288) ◽  
pp. 807
Author(s):  
Francisco De Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Latin American Theology ◽  
Pope John Xxiii ◽  
The Church

No contexto da celebração dos 50 anos do Concílio Vaticano II e dos 40 anos da Teologia da Libertação, o artigo aborda o tema da Igreja dos pobres, tal como foi proposto pelo papa João XXIII em sua mensagem ao mundo em 11 de setembro de 1962, bem como sua repercussão e seus desdobramentos no Concílio, na conferência de Medellín e na teologia latino-americana. E o faz para mostrar e reafirmar sua densidade/atualidade teológico-dogmática e sua relevância/atualidade histórica, apesar dos ajustes/desvios teológico-pastorais e para além dos modismos teológico-pastorais em voga na Igreja, particularmente na Igreja latino-americana.Abstract: In the context of the celebration of the 50 years of the Vatican II Council and of the 40th anniversary of the Theology of Liberation, the article discusses the Church of the Poor, as proposed by Pope John XXIII in his message to the world on September 11th 1962 as well as its impact and its aftermath in the Council, in the Medellin Conference and for Latin American theology. And the objective of the discussion is to show and reaffirm its theological-dogmatic density/actuality and its historical relevance/actuality, in spite of several theological-pastoral adjustments/deviations and beyond the theological-pastoral fads that are popular in the Church, and most of all in the Latin American one.

An Anglican View of the Papacy Post-Vatican II

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-45
Author(s):  
Stephen Platten
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Current View ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Change Perceptions ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Pope John Xxiii ◽  
Roman Catholics

AbstractThis article provides a current view of Anglican attitudes to the Papacy. First of all historical background is examined in relation to mutual perceptions of Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism going back to the early church and then moving forward through the Reformation to the twentieth century. The period from 1966 onwards saw the visit of Geoffrey Fisher to Pope John XXIII which began to change perceptions. The establishment of the Anglican Centre in Rome in 1966 was a crucial development. The setting up of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, following the Malta Report in 1966 altered perceptions and understandings of Anglican and Roman Catholics mutually. There is still a variety of Anglican reactions to the Papacy.

scholarly journals Acompanhamento pastoral aos casais e às famílias

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (297) ◽  
pp. 153-176
Author(s):  
José Silvio Botero Giraldo
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Care Ethics ◽  
Gaudium Et Spes ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Basic Tenet ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
Current Change ◽  
Pope John Xxiii ◽  
The Church

Síntese: O presente artigo propõe-se um tema de grande atualidade, muito evidenciado no pós-Concílio Vaticano II pelos últimos Papas e pelos teólogos pastoralistas: o “acompanhamento pastoral”. Na atual mudança de época, urge introduzir na Igreja o ar de renovação teológica, assim como o desejava o Papa João XXIII. Como afirma a Gaudium et spes (n. 5), “a passagem de uma época estática para outra mais evolutiva e dinâmica gera uma série de problemas que exige novas análises e novas sínteses”. Em sintonia com este postulado, apresentam-se aqui algumas atitudes pastorais a serem cultivadas, a fim de que se faça frente à problemática dos casais e das famílias. Estas atitudes demandam a acolhida de algumas analogias que ajudarão a resolver certos conflitos conjugais e familiares.Palavras-chave: Secularização. Casais. Família. Acompanhamento. Ética.Abstract: This paper deals with a very current topic singled out in the post-Vatican II period by recent Popes and by pastoral theologians: “pastoral care”. In the current change of era, there is an urgent need in the Church, for a new breath of theological renewal just as Pope John XXIII wished. As stated in the Gaudium et spes (n. 5), “the passage from a static era to a more evolutionary and dynamic one creates a series of problems that require new analyses and new syntheses”. In line with this basic tenet, we present here some pastoral attitudes to be cultivated, so that we can confront the problems of couples and families. These attitudes require the acceptance of some “analogies” that will help solve some marital and family conflicts.Keywords: Secularization. Couples. Family. Pastoral care. Ethics.

scholarly journals João XXIII, o papa do Concílio. “Veio um homem enviado por Deus cujo nome era João”

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (284) ◽  
pp. 831
Author(s):  
Antonio José de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Pope John Xxiii ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Às vésperas dos 50 anos da inauguração do Vaticano II e baseado nas fontes hoje disponíveis, o Autor traça em cores vivas um quadro da relação entre João XXIII e o Concílio. Relação marcante, apesar da morte do Papa após a primeira sessão conciliar, uma vez que, imaginado, anunciado e inaugurado, o Vaticano II recebeu dele o impulso em favor do ecumenismo e do aggiornamento, da busca às fontes da Boa Nova e de sua tradução para os dias de hoje, na firme confiança de que o Espírito Santo assistiria a Igreja. Portanto, delinear a determinante influência de João XXIII sobre o Concílio, possibilitando, assim, a admiração por sua pessoa e obra, é a contribuição que o Autor deseja apresentar.Abstract: On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the Vatican II Council and on the basis of the sources that are now available, the Author draws in vivid colours a picture of the relationship between Pope John XXIII and the Council. This was a remarkable relationship in spite of the Pope’s death just after the first session of the Council, since once imagined, announced and inaugurated, the Vatican II received from John XXIII the impetus in favour of ecumenism and aggiornamento, of the sources of the Good Tidings and of their translation for current times, in the absolute trust that the Holy Spirit would assist the Church. Thus, the contribution the Author wishes to present here is an outline of the huge influence John XXIII had on the Council – something that will contribute to increase our admiration for his personal qualities and for his work.

1960s

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Kirwan
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
The Future ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Church

This chapter chronicles the spread and internationalization of the thought of the nouveaux théologiens and the triumph of ressourcement thought during the conciliar years of the 1960s. The discussion of this internationalization of French Left Catholic thought begins with the particular influence it had on Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli and Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Popes Paul VI and John XXIII, respectively, who guided the Church through Vatican II, the former convening it and the latter bringing it to conclusion. Other key ecclesiastical reformers such as Marcel Lefebvre and Louis Bouyer are examined as well in respect to the influence of French thought on their development. Finally, the turmoil after the Council is discussed and in particular the very different reactions the nouveaux théologiens had to the progressive years that characterized the post-Conciliar era.

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