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1. Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council
Description: WEBThe Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. The council met in Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City for four periods (or sessions), each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years ...
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2. Second Vatican Council | Description, History, Documents,
Link: https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Vatican-Council
Description: WEBSecond Vatican Council (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII in 1959 as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christian unity.
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3. Why Is Vatican II So Important? : NPR
Link: https://www.npr.org/2012/10/10/162573716/why-is-vatican-ii-so-important
Description: WEBOct 10, 2012 · Fifty years ago, Pope John XXIII shocked the world when he created the Second Vatican Council. Known as Vatican II, the council called thousands of bishops and other religious leaders to the...
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4. Documents of the Second Vatican Council
Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm
Description: WEBholy father. roman curia. news services. vatican city state. archive. documents of the second vatican council. constitutions
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5. What Happened at Vatican II | Desiring God
Link: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-happened-at-vatican-ii
Description: WEBOct 11, 2012 · Called the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, the three-plus-year series of gatherings began under Pope John XXIII on October 11, 1962, and concluded under Pope Paul VI on December 8, 1965. Half a century later, Vatican II remains the most recent of Catholicism’s official worldwide councils.
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6. An overview of the Second Vatican Council - Vatican News
Link: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-10/vatican-ii-council-60th-anniversary-video-history-background.html
Description: WEBOct 11, 2022 · Vatican II was the 21st ecumenical council to be convened in the Church's bimillennial history, and gathered nearly a century after Pope Pius IX convoked Vatican I (1869-70) which defined the dogmas of papal infallibility and the primacy of papal jurisdiction.
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7. The 16 Documents of the Second Vatican Council | EWTN
Link: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/16-documents-of-the-second-vatican-council-1509
Description: WEBThe 16 Documents of the Second Vatican Council. The Latin texts are the normative texts of the Council, published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, in which the official acts of the Holy See are published. Listed in the order in which they were promulgated: 1. Sacrosanctum concilium, Constitution On the Sacred Liturgy.
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8. Vatican II at 60: A timeline of key moments - Catholic News Agency
Link: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252520/vatican-ii-timeline-of-key-moments-60th-anniversary
Description: WEBOct 11, 2022 · The story of Vatican II begins in the middle of the century with a man commonly known as Il Papa Buono. On Jan. 25, Pope John XXIII calls for an ecumenical council. Over the next few...
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9. Roman Catholicism - Vatican II, Ecumenism, Liturgy | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roman-Catholicism/The-Second-Vatican-Council
Description: WEBPope Paul VI. The legacy of Vatican II remains a divided one. For some Catholics, the promise of far-reaching reform remains unfulfilled; for others, the council went too far, undermining the traditional beauty of church teachings and liturgy.
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10. Lumen gentium - Vatican
Link: https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html
Description: WEB1. Christ is the Light of nations. Because this is so, this Sacred Synod gathered together in the Holy Spirit eagerly desires, by proclaiming the Gospel to every creature, (1) to bring the light of Christ to all men, a light brightly visible on the countenance of the Church.
