Word: curiae
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chiefly responsible for this negative posture belong to the Roman Curia, the central administrative body of the Catholic Church. Mostly aging Italians quite insulated from the modern world, they have exerted vast influence and control not only on the worldwide church but on the Pope himself. They have usually been satisfied with the church the way it is, and have looked upon any efforts to change it with deep hostility...
...Protestant." The loyal opposition at Vatican II is a group of prelates called progressives, liberals, autonomists or transalpinists. By whatever name, they stand for change, and thus oppose the standpat Italians of the Roman Curia...
...strength of the liberals was shown in the voting for the council's ten commissions. Presenting their own lists of nominees as alternatives to those proposed by the Curia, they won a substantial victory and thus managed to internationalize the commissions. In the atmosphere engendered by the liberals, the council a fortnight ago approved a "Message to Humanity" that one conservative priest called "too Protestant" in that it invited "all our brothers who believe in Christ" to affirm it. The gist: "All men are brothers, irrespective of the race or nation to which they belong...
Liturgical Reform. Most of them favor more local autonomy for bishops, for both practical and theological reasons. They believe necessary reform efforts are constantly blocked by a Vatican Curia that is insulated from the problems of non-Italian Catholics. The liberals also want to play down the hierarchical, juridical concept of the church, under which, says one French archbishop, "the bishop is reputed to be a sort of prefect, priests functionaries, sacraments residues of magic rites, religion a group of laws to which one suits himself because of a feeling of exterior discipline and from which one escapes without understanding...
...significance was clear. The liberal minority was not going to be dominated by the Italian Curia, at the outset had demonstrated its parliamentary ability. Vatican II was clearly going to be a true parliament of the church...