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What was the Second Vatican Council?

Brett Hoover, CSP Answers:

This was the gathering of all the world’s Catholic bishops in the early 1960’s to renew the Catholic Church. It was called by Pope John XXIII who called its purpose aggiornamento which means “updating.”  John XXIII did not live to see the Council finish and Pope Paul VI presided over the conclusion of the council.

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The Author : Brett Hoover, CSP
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