The long-wave of Vatican II
For a new post-council

The election of Francis on March 13, 2013, not only changed the landscape of the Church, but also the debate on Vatican II. He is the first post-Vatican II pope who did not participate in it, was formed during the Council and the early post-conciliar period, and was ordained a priest in 1969. The fact that Francis mentions the Council prudently and often indirectly, foregoing papal interventions in the debate on conciliar hermeneutics, should leave no doubt about the conciliar quality of this pope and his pontificate. From this point of view, to understand Francis it is necessary to understand Vatican II, including the development of the historical and theological discussion on Vatican II in its first fifty years.