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    Today is the anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, who was Prefect for the Holy Office and a much maligned figure of Vatican II. When Xavier Rynne aka Fr. Francis X. Murphy wrote his notes on Vatican II, he stupidly used terms from American politics to explain the subtleties of Catholic theology. In his limited worldview, there had to be a good guy and a bad guy. Since he was definitely a fan of the progressives, he automatically labelled anyone in the Curia who did not get swept in the aggiornamento of the Council a Bad guy.

     Cardinal Ottaivani had a balanced view of the Council and the need for the renewal of the Church. He was definitely a man of the Letter of Vatican II rather than the Spirit of Vatican II. He saw the Council not as a break with Tradition, but a continuation of it. Those in the bologna school of history saw the Council as a radical break with the past. It is tragic that in the name of politics, the name of a Holy man of the Church was besmirched. I think in the long run, he will be vindicated by the historians. His path of fidelity to the Tradition and not bending the knee to the world will be vindicated in the end, but we may not live to see it. Maybe I can get fr. Benedict to give a comment. He is a HUGE devotee of Cardinal Ottaviani

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