“Another fundamental element of the Council that we are called to assimilate better affects the need to understand Christianity in a personal way, from the point of view of an encounter with Christ,” the cardinal said.
“The central character of Christ was, I would say, the heart of the message of Vatican Council II,” he contended. “Unfortunately, we concentrated on many external things so that this central character of Christian personalism remains to be discovered.”
“The Council, in fact, wished to show that Christianity is not against reason, against modernity, but that on the contrary it is a help so that reason in its totality can work not only on technical questions, but also on human, moral and religious knowledge,” he revealed.

— Cardinal Ratzinger Tells Why Many Misperceive Christianity