Second Vatican Council
While many conservative Catholics decried the decisions that came out of Vatican II, most embraced the changes and the short-term results were largely a more committed and biblically educated laity.
While many conservative Catholics decried the decisions that came out of Vatican II, most embraced the changes and the short-term results were largely a more committed and biblically educated laity.
By the time of the Second Vatican Council in 1962 Pope John XXIII had taken a more conciliatory tone by stating that Protestants and Catholics should meet regularly to pray for unity.