The Second Ecumenical Vatican Council was a universal meeting of bishops in Rome that met for four consecutive autumns between 1962-65.
It defined the role of the Church and her bishops and many pivotal documents were issued offering a template for dialogue, openness and engagement with the modern world.
Ad Gentes
Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church
Presbyterorum Ordinis
Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests
Apostolicam Actuositatem
Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity
Optatam Totius
Decree on Priestly Training
Perfectae Caritatis
Decree on The Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life
Christus Dominus
Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church
Unitatis Redintegratio
Decree on Ecumenism
Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Decree on the Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite
Inter Mirifica
Decree on the Media of Social Communications
Dei Verbum
Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
Lumen Gentium
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Sacrosanctum Concilium
Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Gaudium et Spes
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
Gravissimum Educationis
Declaration on Christian Education
Nostra Aetate
Declaration on the Relation of the Church to non-Christian Religions
Dignitatis Humanae
Declaration on Religious Freedom
