Vatican II

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Proper noun

Vatican II

1. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, 1962-1965.
   • 1965, Tom Lehrer, spoken introduction to "The Vatican Rag" on That Was the Year That Was:

     Another big news story of the year concerned the Ecumenical Council in Rome known as Vatican II.

   • 1995 September 18, Rafael Alvarez, “Catholics asked to avoid eating meat on Fridays Cardinal suggests abstinence in weeks leading up to Pope's visit”, in Baltimore Sun‎^[1]:

     "The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence' such as Friday," said the Rev. Joseph S. Rossi, a Jesuit professor of church history at Loyola College.