The Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul and the Second Vatican Council

👉🏻 Sign up here: https://mailchi.mp/ewtn/vatican Pope St. John XXIII first announced his intention of convoking the Second Vatican Council on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul on January 25th, 1959. He addressed seventeen Cardinals in the Basilica of St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls of Rome to share his intentions of convoking the Church’s twenty first ecumenical council. Preparation for the council took three years, from the summer of 1959 to the autumn of 1962. The council met in St. Peter’s Basilica for four sessions each lasting between 8 and 12 weeks, in the autumn of each of the four years from 1962 to 1965. The council was finally opened on October 11th, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. The council was closed on December 8th, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. In order to better understand the Second Vatican Council and the intentions that Pope John XXIII had when starting it, it is important to begin at the very beginning and understand why Pope John XXIII chose the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul to announce his intention of convoking the Second Vatican Council. 👥 Follow us on our social networks: Instagram:   / ewtnvatican   Twitter:   / ewtnvatican   Facebook:   / ewtnvatican