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Kobler’s Key to the CouncilBOOK REVIEW: Kobler, John F., C.P.  Vatican II, Theophany and the Phenomenon of Man: The Council's Pastoral Servant Leader Theology for the Third Millennium.  (American University Studies, Series 7, vol. 100)  New York: Peter Lang, 1991.  0820414921, 9780820414928  $51.95 by Paul Zarowny, Ph.D. Whatever its multiple shortcomings, my book on the Council is the only published attempt to provide a synthesis, at least in a seminal way, of the religious ontology shaping the sense of the Council.[1]     Passionist priest Fr. John F. Kobler’s Vatican II, Theophany and the Phenomenon of Man (1991) is a follow-up to...

Translation of the official statement: Official statement of the bishops of the ecclesiastical Province of Besancon and the bishops of the dioceses of Strasbourg and Metz Joined together, October 25, 2006 at Lons-le-Saunier, within the framework of the Regional Authority of Bishops and Priests, the bishops of the ecclesiastical Province of Besancon and the bishops of the dioceses of Strasbourg and Metz decided to send to the Holy See their concerns caused by the creation of the Institute of the Good Pastor, in the Archdiocese of Bordeaux, and the possibility of the publication of Motu proprio of the Pope Benedict...

The Humanism of John Paul II On January 17, 2001, CNS News reported the following: "Pope John Paul II issues Call for Ecological Conversion . . . The world's people need to undergo an 'ecological conversion' to protect the environment and make the earth a place where all life is valued and can grow in harmony, Pope John Paul II said" http://www.creationethics.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=webpage&page_id=81. Yes, that's how far we've come. Pope John Paul II, idly standing by as the Church in the USA has been infiltrated by homosexuals and perverts, calls us to convert ecologically. Pardon my human way of speaking here,...