Vatican Council, Second, popularly called Vatican II, 1962-65, the 21st ecumenical council (see council, ecumenical) of the Roman Catholic Church, convened by Pope John XXIII and continued under Paul...
The Second Vatican Council (otherwise known as Vatican II) was a pastoral council, convened in order to update and review the disciplines, policies and attitude of the Catholic Church vis-a-via the...
It was for many reasons. The largest was because the Catholic Church needed to press a lot of reform in order to continue to be relevant in modern society. For example, prior to the Council, all...
The second vatican council was attended by representatives from many churches including bishops, priests, etc.The Vatican had over 2600 Bishops and another addition to theologians and other experts,...