In this month dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, the news just came that the cause of FATHER ROMANO GUARDINI (See BLOG 8/2/2016) will begin officially with Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Munich on December 16
Father Guardini, who died in 1968, is considered one of the most important theologians of the 20th Century. His work ‘The Spirit of the Liturgy’ was a major influence on the Liturgical Movement, and he became a key thinker for the council fathers at the Second Vatican Council.
Pope Francis has previously said he is “convinced that Guardini is a thinker who has much to say to the people of our time, and not only to Christians”.
In the 1980s the future Pope began a doctoral dissertation on Guardini in Germany
Benedict XVI has referred to Guardini as “a great figure, a Christian interpreter of the world and of his own time”. In 2000, he wrote his own book entitled The Spirit of the Liturgy, inspired by the theologian.
Father Guardini was born in Verona University of Berlin
Following the World War II, he became first a professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the Many of Father Guardini's major works have been translated into other languages, including The Lord..