Alvaro del Portillo: Episode Four
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🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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🗺️ Alvaro del Portillo - Episode Four: Vatican II
Rome. 1963. The winds of change are blowing inside and outside the Church, as opposing forces vie for influence and control. Answering the call of the Holy Spirit, Pope John XXIII startles everyone, calling for a Vatican council on the Church’s role in the modern world. Ever faithful, Alvaro is now serving as a Vatican official, and finds a friend in an influential Italian cardinal from Milan. Now, he stands poised to take part in the greatest Church event for nearly a century!
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Don Alvaro del Portillo dedicated his entire life to serving God and others through his service as a priest. Through his friendship with Saint Josemaria Escriva, he dedicated himself tirelessly to finding Opus Dei’s place within the Church. His example of humility, service, and indefatigable joy teaches listeners how to discover and live holiness in every moment of their lives.
This series contains moments of danger and intensity. Voices are raised in arguments and accusations. An aerial battle scene is depicted. Characters are stranded on a dangerous road at night and must deal with the potential threat of robbers. A character dies of an illness in-scene.
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| 0:00.0 | Rome, 1963. The winds of change are blowing inside and outside the church as opposing forces |
| 0:09.5 | vie for influence and control. Answering the call of the Holy Spirit, Pope John the 23rd |
| 0:16.4 | startles everyone, calling for a Vatican Council on the church's role in the modern world. |
| 0:22.6 | Ever faithful, Alvaro is now serving as a Vatican official and finds a friend in an influential Italian cardinal from Milan. |
| 0:31.6 | Now he stands poised to take part in the greatest church event for nearly a century. |
| 0:44.0 | The Saints. Adventures of Faith and Courage. |
| 0:48.9 | Alvaro del Portillo. |
| 0:51.0 | Episode 4, Vatican 2. |
| 0:58.7 | Listen to all the episodes and discover new shows at the saintspodcast.com |
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| 1:18.6 | It is absolutely vital that the church shall never for an instant lose sight of that sacred |
| 1:27.4 | patrimony of truth inherited from the fathers. |
| 1:32.3 | But it is equally necessary for her to keep up to date with the changing conditions of this modern world and of modern living. |
| 1:43.3 | For these have opened up entirely new avenues for the Catholic Apostolate. |
| 1:50.0 | For with the opening of this council, a new day is donning on the church, bathing her in radiant splendor. |
| 2:00.0 | It is yet the dawn, but the sun in its rising has already set our hearts aglow. Cardinal Montini. |
| 2:22.0 | Ah, Don Alvaro. |
| 2:24.7 | What's wrong? |
| 2:26.7 | The Holy Father was diagnosed with cancer. |
| 2:30.7 | Lord, have mercy. |
| 2:32.9 | He is 80 years old. |
| 2:35.5 | I don't have much hope. |
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