Currently, the role of manual - based psychotherapies in clinical practice is a source
of considerable debate among mental health practitioners and clinical researchers.
There is no doubt that the Second Vatican Council, its proceedings and
debates, the differences
of opinion that became apparent, the press reports that retailed and exaggerated them, the existence
of tendencies and parties thus reveals, the struggle for decisions this way and that the alterations in liturgy and law decided upon — all these experiences caused profound astonishment, disquiet and consternation in many Catholic circles, even to a
considerable extent
among the clergy.