Links - sort of - for 11/20/15 | National Catholic Reporter

Links - sort of - for 11/20/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: I also try not to tweet and never look at the e-mail account that I have responses going to.  The question is whether St. John Paul did the best he could to subvert the parts of Vatican II he never liked and that Benedict supported him in this, even as Pope.  The answer is obvious.  Is this Pope departing from the retrenchment?  I have not seen the Mass translations to literal word for word forms revoked, so there is continuity.  If Francis going back toward the spirit of Vatican II?  Probably not - although he will give it actual council the honor due it. What is without question is that he is going foreward with the Joy of the Gospel (which Benedict had a hand in) - which is more dangerous for the reactionaries than anything said in Vatican II or attributed to the spirit of Vatican II.