Photo: Gary Wills in 2015.
Recently, I have been reading books and periodicals dealing with the post-Vatican II era in the Catholic Church. Of course, we in the year 2022 are also a part of this post-conciliar era, and there is no shortage of literature discussing the Second Vatican Council some fifty, sixty years later. But, as Austin Ruse’s recent article shows, there is something poignant about engaging materials written during or shortly after the Council’s closing. It is one thing…