Christopher Baglow

ANALYSIS: 50 years ago, Vatican II changed the Catholic Church — and the world

By John Pope / The Times-Picayune — October 10, 2012

(RNS) In a massive display of solemn ecclesiastical pomp, hundreds of Catholic leaders strode into St. Peter’s Basilica 50 years ago, the start of an historic three-year assembly that would change the way the world’s largest Christian body viewed itself and the rest of the world. By John Pope.

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