ÚNICO EJEMPLO DE UNA RECEPCIÓN CONTINENTAL DEL VATICANO II

Abstract

The reception of the Second Vatican Council in the various geographical and cultural areas is a topic that deservedly acquires increasing importance. In February 2011, a seminar took place in Mainz, Germán y, which aimed to compare the different experiences of the European Synods that immediately after the Council sought to transíate the assembly guidelines in the local cir- cumstances. In the development of these experiences, an outstanding event was the Conference of the Latín American Bishops in Medellin (1968). The following thoughts, which focus on the occasion of the convocation and the ecclesial-canonical status of this Conference, were drawn up for the afore- mentioned seminar. In order to describe the episode “from within” the text gives priority to the bibliography of that time, the proceedings of the Conference and the testimonies of the protagonists.