Thursday, February 3, 2011

Vatican II Council Video Part VI

  • Election for new Pope (Pope Paul VI), continues the Vatican II Council
  • 2 types of Popes, Popes that want change, and others that want things to go back to how things were before. Advances, and goes back, like a pendulum.
  • Women were really discriminated against, not given equal work, etc.
    So Pope Paul VI started to invite women into the Vatican II Council.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Vatican II Council Video Part V

  • Pope John XXIII accepted his death and thanked all of those that helped him
  • Pope John was a great figure, a sense of admiration towards him for pushing the Vatican II Council forward
  • He had a big impact on the church

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Vatican II Council Video Part IV

  • Everything sung, and spoken was in Latin
  • After Vatican II, you can look and go to specific parishes that would prefer. (Cultural, Ethnic etc.)
  • Brought sense of hope and a sense of awakening. A better feeling of an individual experience and relationship with God.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Vatican II Council Video Part III

  • Mass is different now, than before Vatican II because the church wants to be more welcoming to people
  • Many changes were made to the church ie. languages spoken
  • Vatican II wanted flexibility. So modern languages, as well as latin were approved to be spoken at mass

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Vatican II Council Video Part II

  • Vatican II is a meeting with the bishops around the world to solve problems that need answers
  • Tensions of council II are evident, when bishops want different things
  • John Paull II wanted change, Benedict XVI wanted the conservative route.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Vatican Council Video Part 1

  1. The first vatican council was established in 1869-1870
  2. The Vatican council was an important factor in the decision making of the Catholic Church
  3. The Second Vatican Council was made Pope Paul the XXIII