THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL (PACK OF 10)

What was it and why is it important today?

In this pastoral resource released to “celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the opening of this great council”, the CCCB Commission for Doctrine deals with the “what” and the “why” of Vatican II and its continuing importance for the Church, as well as regarding the Council documents themselves. Among the principal documents of the Council, the Commission notes the four most important (known as “Constitutions”): Sacrosanctum Concilium (on the Liturgy), Lumen Gentium (on the Church), Dei Verbum (on the Word of God), and Gaudium et Spes (on the Church in the Modern World). The Commission points out how these and other Vatican II documents continue to impact the lives of Catholics today.