Documents of Vatican II
The Second Vatican Council reviewed what was happening in the
Catholic Church and what was happening in the world. It was the twenty-first
Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at St
Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It opened under Pope John XXIII in 1962 and
closed under Pope Paul VI in 1965. The main aims of the Council were:
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to examine the nature of the Church and the role of the bishop;
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to renew the Church;
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to seek unity among all Christians;
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to start to relate to the modern world.
The documents that were produced led to changes in the Catholic
Church, including the change from celebrating Mass in Latin to celebrating in
English.
The Inspire display at the Cathedral has four sections and each one contains one of the four constitutions of the Vatican II Council.
CCC 938 The Bishops, established by the Holy Spirit, succeed the apostles. They are "the visible source and foundation of unity in their own particular Churches" (LG 23).
In the catechism there are a lot of references to other church documents. In the catechism these are identified by the initials of the first two or three Latin words, by which the document is known. For example, LG - Lumen Gentium (Christ is the Light of the nations)
Vatican documents can be found on the Vatican website: Lumen Gentium
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The Inspire display at the Cathedral has four sections and each one contains one of the four constitutions of the Vatican II Council.
