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Vatican II Origins and the Reform Drive under Bea
This piece recalls Angelo Roncalli’s papacy and Cardinal Bea’s push for aggiornamento as Vatican II began on October 11, 1962. It covers the long, factional council process, the infighting, Cushing’s departure, Pope John XXIII’s death, and the emergence of Karol Wojtyla in 1967 with future Pope John Paul II voiced as seeking clarity two decades after Vatican I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul II
College of Cardinals
Curia
Vatican
Rome
St. Peter’s
Paul VI
Monsignore Montini
John XXIII
Vatican I
John
Pius XI
Monsignore
Pacelli
Pius XV
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
St. Peter's
Monsignore Roncalli
Pius XII
Papal
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Bea
John XXII
Vatican II
Pius II
Papal States
Italy
Cardinal Bea
Christendom
Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Cushing
Karol Wojtyla