Marian Controversy at the Second Vatican Council

Fr. Ralph M. Wiltgen, S.V.D.

In light of continued discussion regarding why the treatment of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Second Vatican Council was not awarded its own chapter, but rather was included as a final chapter in the Council’s document on the Church (Lumen Gentium), we provide the following commentary by the respected journalist Fr. Ralph Wiltgen, S.V.D., on the specific details of the process that led to the placement of the Marian schema in the document on the Church. – Ed.