Event anniversary

Second Vatican Council

Took place on October 11, 1962

Years ago

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The 65th anniversary falls on October 11, 2027, in 352 days.

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly called the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the twenty-first and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. It met in four annual sessions in St.

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John Paul II

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