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As a student of Newman, who is often referred to as the "father of the Second Vatican Council ... Forty years on, we are only just beginning to understand the significance of the Council, says Fr Ian Ker. And we are still a long way from implementing it;; It is 40 years since the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
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www.christendom-awake.org/pages/ianker/vatican2.html
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Second Vatican Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican , or Vatican II , was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October, 1962 and closed ...
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Almost a century after Vatican I, Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council. Its purpose was the "updating" of the church. More than 2,000 Catholic bishops and theologians attended, producing statements on priesthood, episcopacy, revelation, missions, church relations to non-Christians, and religious freedom.
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Vatican II—The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) ... I was in college when Vatican II occurred. There was a large amount of information in the general media describing what was occurring. The purpose was largely to correct relationships to Protestants and the rest of the world.
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The Vatican Council, the twentieth and up to now [1912] the last ecumenical council, ... There had been held in the meantime on 6 Jan. the second public session. This had been previously determined upon, on 26 Oct., 1869, by the central commission for the making of the confession of faith by the members of the council.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/15303a.htm
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New York City, July 10, 2007--The Vatican statement on the doctrine on the church is an opportunity of hope says the head of the National Council of Churches USAs (NCC) ecumenical effort. ... The participation of Catholic observers at the 1957 event is viewed by many as a scene setter for the Second Vatican Council.
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www.wfn.org/2007/07/msg00054.html
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"Before the picture of Our Lady of Czestochowa the whole of Poland is praying for the Second Vatican Council ... The purpose of these prayers is to gather the faithful, priests and religious congregations for common devotions, with the votive Mass of Our Lady of Czestochowa celebrated at midnight.
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ADDRESS OF POPE PAUL VI; DURING THE LAST GENERAL MEETING; OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL ... Also because from this basic purpose there developed the guiding principle which was to give direction to the future council. Still fresh in our memory are the words uttered in this basilica by our venerated predecessor, John XXIII,
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