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Vatican Council II Catholicism The Second Vatican Council The 20th century was a time of change. Technologically speaking; horses were exchanged for cars, which were exchanged for airplanes, World War I and II changed war was to be fought, all with great steps in technology. Minds of intellectuals were churning, whether it was Einstein’s theory of relativity or Carl Jung’s theories about synchronicity. Politics were being pushed to new limits, with women’s right activists springing up along side civil right activists, change was happening everywhere you looked. Change is nothing new to the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it has seen over 2,000 years of change thus far and will continue to adapt to its surroundings. The Church went through a large change during and after the Second Vatican Council, and is still evolving from it and into it. Pope Pius XII died on October 8, 1958, after a long time as the Supreme Pontiff his twilight years were plagued by various illness’. He was a good and Holy man who was admired by millions, and the first Pope to be known widely by radio and television. Pope Pius XII was know as the “Pope of Peace” who had an authoritarian style which council, pope, church, john, xxiii, vatican, time, first, one, much, web, session, people, world, everyone, second, ecumenical, over, hovii, very, paul, out, catholic, been, years, vi, think, religious, decision, call, said, right, ii, go, change, came