Vatican Council
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“Converts” begins in the 1890s and ends with the Second Vatican Council in the early ’60s, when marquee conversions almost stopped.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Ever since the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church, popes have summoned the world’s bishops to Rome for a few weeks at a time to debate particular topics.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Ratzinger became a priest in 1951 and gained attention as a liberal theological adviser at the Second Vatican Council, which opened in 1962 and led to a profound reform of the Church.
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2022
Pope Francis has been cracking down on the unregulated explosion of such communities that blossomed after the Second Vatican Council and found favor under St. John Paul II.
From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2022
I was a senior at Stanford during the last year of the Vatican Council.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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