Second Vatican Council
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Second Vatican Council
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The 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, each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years 1962 to 1965. Pope John XXIII called the council because he felt the Church needed "updating". In order to better connect with people in an increasingly secularized worl
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Roman Catholic council (1962–1965)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council
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2001-11-16T23:29:27Z
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2024-09-05T08:34:32Z
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