Leon joseph cardinal suenens and communion

          On 4 December , Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens of Malines-Brussels made a powerful intervention calling for the Council's work to be organised around a.

        1. LEON-JOSEPH CARDINAL SUENENS.
        2. We think that it is a good idea for us to go back to this basic concept of ecclesiastical life in order better to conform our minds.
        3. From the time of Vatican II until his death in , Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens would enjoy remarkable prestige while devoting all his energy.
        4. Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens ( - ), was the Archbishop of Malines, Brussels, Belgium between and He was made a cardinal in His motto as.

          5. We think that it is a good idea for us to go back to this basic concept of ecclesiastical life in order better to conform our minds....

          Leo Joseph Suenens

          Catholic cardinal

          Leo Jozef Suenens (SOO-nens) (16 July 1904 – 6 May 1996) was a Belgian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels from 1961 to 1979.

          He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1962.

          Suenens was a leading voice at the Second Vatican Council advocating for reform in the Church.

          Biography

          Early life and education

          Leo Suenens was born at Ixelles, the only child of Jean-Baptiste and Jeanne (née Janssens) Suenens.

          He was baptised by his uncle, who was a priest. Losing his father (who had owned a restaurant)[1] at age four, Leo lived with his mother in the rectory of his priest-uncle from 1911 to 1912.

          This article by Cardinal Suenens discusses Vatican II from the viewpoint of the Church's pilgrimage towards God.

          Wealthy relatives wanted him to study economics and manage their fortune, but he chose the priesthood. He studied at Saint Mary's Institute in Schaerbeek and then entered the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1920. From the Gregorian he obtained a doctorate in theology and in philosophy (1927), and a mas