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Vatican Council

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noun

  1. the ecumenical council, convoked in Rome, 1869–70, by Pope Pius IX, that declared the dogma of papal infallibility.


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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

“Particularly since the Second Vatican Council, and theologically, the ground for keeping governance united to ordination is getting shakier.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Some analysts have compared the meeting to a miniature Second Vatican Council — the landmark church assembly of bishops in the 1960s that opened up the church to the modern world.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 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

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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