On Jan. 25, 1959, less than three months after succeeding Pope Pius XII in the Chair of St. Peter, Pope John XXIII surprised the church and the world by calling an...
Wednesday, January 30, 20130733Between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops attended each Vatican II session inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The council produced 16 landmark documents that transformed the church.
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