Ceremony marks 40 years since end of Vatican Council ll

Pope Benedict XVI was leading a solemn ceremony today in St Peter’s Basilica marking the 40th anniversary of the end of Vatican Council II.

Thu, 08 Dec, 2005 - 10:20
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Pope Benedict XVI was leading a solemn ceremony today in St Peter’s Basilica marking the 40th anniversary of the end of Vatican Council II.

Vatican II was a milestone assembly that sparked modernising reforms in the 2,000-year-old Roman Catholic church.

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