Quelques enjeux de Vatican II

The publication of the Journal du Concile written by ambassador of Belgium to the Holy See P. Poswick (whose ecclesiastic counsellor was A. Prignon) is the opportunity to bring to mind some of the major issues of Vatican II (collegiality, religious freedom, revelation) where three Belgian bishops (Card. Suenens, Mgr De Smedt and Mgr Charue) made eminent contributions. This rapid survey allows one to go beyond recent antagonistic formulations about the Council such as > and >. It comes to light that the witness of the protagonists is indispensable to the understanding of the texts and that the advances made by the Council allow a better understanding of tradition.