#vatican-ii

#vatican-ii

Oddo completed his novitiate, wrote a doctoral dissertation, and entered the priesthood in the wake of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, often known as Vatican II, which met between 1962 and 1965. Vatican II ushered in dramatic, liberal changes to the Catholic Church, including allowing Masses to be said in vernacular languages instead of Latin and embracing ecumenism, or dialog with other Christian faiths.

In the early 1960s, Catholic bishops from around the world met to update Church doctrine for a new era. Reforms made by the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as Vatican II, were meant to foster more inclusive congregations. The most famous allowed priests to celebrate Mass in languages other than Latin. Academics and certain Church insiders have long contended that Vatican II backfired and instead triggered a worldwide decline in Mass attendance.