1962
Websites
- Vatican II: Voice of the Church
The mission of this website is to promote and explain the teaching of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) which was the most significant event in the modern era of the Catholic Church.
50 years after Vatican II
- BBC: Heart and Soul: Vatican II
Fifty years ago, the Catholic Church made radical changes. As he opened the biggest gathering of Roman Catholic bishops in history, Pope John the 23rd said it was time to throw open the windows of the church. The Second Vatican Council sent the church hurtling into the 20th Century. After three years of meetings, the Council produced 16 documents – a bold manifesto for modernisation and renewal. It changed the language and style of the mass, permitting Catholics to worship in their own tongue, rather than in Latin. It also called for a new engagement with other faiths, the secular world and with the experiences of Catholics across the globe – men and women, rich and poor.
Vatican II Quick Quiz
world wide: 98 votes (2.31%)
bringing about Christian unity: 105 votes (2.48%)
Inhabited: 3767 votes (88.97%)
a council of the Pope and all the bishops: 137 votes (3.24%)
All the above: 127 votes (3%)
Total Votes: 4234
121: 46 votes (13.53%)
51: 31 votes (9.12%)
21: 250 votes (73.53%)
101: 13 votes (3.82%)
Total Votes: 340
The Council of Constantinople: 29 votes (9.67%)
The Council of Ephesus: 21 votes (7%)
The Council of Nicaea: 180 votes (60%)
The Council of Trent: 70 votes (23.33%)
Total Votes: 300
Pope Paul VI: 16 votes (5.59%)
Pope John Paul II: 23 votes (8.04%)
Pope John XXIII: 224 votes (78.32%)
Pope Pius XII: 23 votes (8.04%)
Total Votes: 286
1970–71: 4 votes (1.5%)
1870: 9 votes (3.38%)
1962–65: 225 votes (84.59%)
1959–60: 28 votes (10.53%)
Total Votes: 266
Approximately 2500 bishops: 192 votes (72.73%)
Approximately 500 bishops: 26 votes (9.85%)
Approximately 3000 bishops: 27 votes (10.23%)
Approximately 900 bishops: 19 votes (7.2%)
Total Votes: 264
Correct heretical ideas: 25 votes (8.56%)
Clarify church doctrine: 32 votes (10.96%)
Express the faith of the church in contemporary ways: 196 votes (67.12%)
Reinforce church identity: 39 votes (13.36%)
Total Votes: 292
1962
* First K-Mart department store launched in the United States
* Rock & Roll Blues Band, The Rolling Stones debut in the United Kingdom
* Starlet, Marilyn Munroe is mourned around the world
* The Green Super Hero, The Incredible Hulk, hits the press
* President J.F. Kennedy promises to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade
* Pope John XXIII, leader of the Catholic Church, announces the 21st Ecumenical Council in Rome, Italy
Books in the Library
John XXIII by
People of God is a brand new series of inspiring biographies for the general reader. Each volume offers a compelling and honest narrative of the life of an important twentieth or twenty-first century Catholic. Some living and some now deceased, each of these women and men have known challenges and weaknesses familiar to most of us, but responded to them in ways that call us to our own forms of heroism. Each offers a credible and concrete witness of faith, hope, and love to people of our own day. The canonization of Pope John XXIII and the fiftieth anniversary of Vatican II call for a fresh look at this remarkable man. Now highly regarded Vatican II historian Massimo Faggioli offers a rich and insightful portrait. His sources include the complete edition of the private diaries of the future John XXIII, published recently in ten volumes, much of which is unavailable in English. Faggioli's use of this treasure of personal notes of the future pope means this biography offers a more complete and nuanced understanding of Angelo Roncalli than is available anywhere else in English at this time. The result is both unforgettable and inspiring.
Call Number: 282.092 JOHISBN: 9780814649510
