What happened at Vatican II?
Vatican II is regarded my many as the most significant religious event of the twentieth century. The Second Vatican Council did not change what the Catholic Church believed or taught, but how we share and express our faith in the modern world. The Second Vatican Council was summoned by Pope John XXIII, convening in four sessions during the fall each year from 1962 to 1965. It was his desire that the Church be brought up to date, that it must adapt itself to meet the challenged conditions of modern times. Generally, Vatican II was an overhaul of the way the Church conducted itself and celebrated the liturgy, so that she would be more accessible to the people. Therefore, the subject was not just any given element of the Church, but rather the entire Church, period. This was no small undertaking, to say the least. The Council spanned a period of over three years, and its resulting fruits were four Constitutions (“On the Sacred Liturgy”, “On the Church”, “Divine Revelation”, “The Church in
Vatican II is regarded my many as the most significant religious event of the twentieth century. The Second Vatican Council did not change what the Catholic Church believed or taught, but how we share and express our faith in the modern world. The Second Vatican Council was summoned by Pope John XXIII, convening in four sessions during the fall each year from 1962 to 1965. It was his desire that the Church be brought up to date, that it must adapt itself to meet the challenged conditions of modern times. Generally, Vatican II was an overhaul of the way the Church conducted itself and celebrated the liturgy, so that she would be more accessible to the people. Therefore, the subject was not just any given element of the Church, but rather the entire Church, period. This was no small undertaking, to say the least. The Council spanned a period of over three years, and its resulting fruits were four Constitutions (“On the Sacred Liturgy”, “On the Church”, “Divine Revelation”, “The Church in
