Second Vatican Council
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The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, was the twenty-first and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church. It met in St.
St. Peter's Basilica, venue of the council
Before a papal Mass at the council in St. Peter's Basilica.
Council Fathers at the council.
Council Fathers in Vestments.
Alfredo Ottaviani
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Alfredo Ottaviani was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII named him cardinal in 1953. He served as secretary of the Holy Office in the Roman Curia from 1959 to 1966 when that dic
Ottaviani in 1966
Ottaviani (second from right) at the signing of the Reichskonkordat
Cardinal Ottaviani in October 1958
Ottaviani in December 1962