Pierwsza sesja Soboru Watykańskiego II w zapiskach „Pro memoria” bł. Stefana Wyszyńskiego Prymasa Polski

Abstract

The diary notes of cardinal S. Wyszynski, currently published in the multivolume series “Pro Memoria”, are an extremely valuable historical source of the history of the Church in the second half of the 20th century. One of the great events that was described in the Primateʼs notes is the Second Vatican Council. This study is an analysis of these texts. It covers the four main dimensions of Cardinalʼs conciliar activity. S. Wyszynski during the first session of the Second Vatican Council (1962): participation in the general sessions, the work in the Commission for Extraordinary Affairs, directing the work of the Polish Council Fathers, audiences with John XXIII. The Primateʼs notes show his concern for the security of the Church in Poland (avoiding sensitive matters for the communist authorities), commitment to the vocation of lay Catholics to participate in the conciliar deliberations and the support he could enjoy from the Pope John XXIII.