At the end of the Eucharistic Celebration, the final Commendatio and Valedictio will take place. Photo: Vatican Media

70 after the Council: study day on Joseph Ratzinger’s thought at APRA

Cardinal Kurt Koch, one of the Church’s foremost ecumenical voices, opened the event with a keynote on Ratzinger’s theological role during the Council. It was not a nostalgic glance backward, but a forward-looking reminder of how the conciliar spirit, if properly interpreted, remains a wellspring for the Church’s mission in the modern world.