"The Council" is 40 today

If I hurry and get this published in the next three minutes this will still be 11 October and it will still be the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. In my occasionally humble opinion, it has been a catastrophic event in the history of the Church. The documents themselves that were issued by the council are another question. Since they have been almost entirely ignored in practice, as a practical matter, it doesn't make much difference what they say. And it won't make any difference until (or unless) they are interpreted in the light of the constant tradition of the Church and applied according to the mind of the legislators.

In the meantime, the event of the Council has been an excuse for the dismantling of the Church by those who claim an insight into the "spirit" of the council even if it cannot be located in the products of the council.