Bishop Erik Varden delivers his eleventh and last reflection at the Spiritual Exercises in the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV, Cardinals residing in Rome, ... By Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO* On 11 October 1962 Pope Saint John XXIII solemnly opened the Second Vatican Council. The Council’s ‘greatest concern’, he said, would be ‘that the sacred deposit of Christian doctrine should be guarded and taught more eff... [16234 chars]