... up an office in the Vatican, the Second Vatican Council ensured that the Church would never be the same again. The Second Vatican Council, otherwise known as Vatican II, was a gathering of all the Bishops in the Catholic Church that was intended to "bring the Church up to date" (aggiornamento) as Pope John XXIII acknowledged that the Church stood in ... more relevant to modern society as well as to debate and resolve centuries-old differentiations in faith with other Christians. The aims of the Council were to be limitless as every aspect of the Church was examined and discussed. The ma...

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