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Second Vatican Council
The
Second Vatican Council
(
Latin
:
Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum Secundum
, informally known as
Vatican II
) addressed relations between the
Roman Catholic Church
and the modern world. It was the twenty-first
ecumenical council
of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at
Saint Peter's Basilica
in the
Vatican
. The council, through the
Holy See
, formally opened under the
pontificate
of
Pope John XXIII
on 11 October 1962 and closed under
Pope Paul VI
on the
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
in 1965.
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