I read several books about Roncalli, and I have nothing to say against him, or his Papacy. If he knew where the post-conciliar Church would be 56 years hence, I believe he would be horrified. My opinion. Rebuttal? I read several books about Roncalli, and I have nothing to say against him, or his Papacy. If he knew where the post-conciliar Church would be 56 years hence, I believe he would be horrified. My opinion. Rebuttal?Horrified by Vatican II’s ecumenism?
One of the very few facts surrounding Vat II and Roncalli is the condition of the Church he inherited—never stronger, never larger than under the pontificate of Pius XII. What need for reform? If the seeds of heresy existed in 1962, they should have been exterminated rather than nurtured.