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This war started from 1939-1945, this is one of the most important events as it would have affected a lot of people
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Start of a decade of communist conquest in more than 13 countries, resulting in conditions of persecution for a minimum of 60 million Catholics as well as members of other faiths.
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Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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The communist regime of China established the Patriotic Association of Chinese Catholics in opposition to the Church in union with the pope.
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Pontificate of Pius XII. He condemned communism, proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of Mary in 1950, in various documents and other enactments provided ideological background for many of the accomplishments of the Second Vatican Council.
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Pontificate of John XXIII. His principal accomplishment was the convocation of the Second Vatican Council, the twenty-first ecumenical council in the history of the Church.
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Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (II). It formulated and promulgated 16 documents — two dogmatic and two pastoral constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations — reflecting pastoral orientation toward renewal and reform in the Church, and making explicit dimensions of doctrine and Christian life requiring emphasis for the full development of the Church and the better accomplishment of its mission in the contemporary world.
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Pontificate of Paul VI. His main purpose and effort was to give direction and provide guidance for the authentic trends of church renewal set in motion by the Second Vatican Council.
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The thirty-four-day pontificate of John Paul I.
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The revised Code of Canon Law, embodying reforms enacted by the Second Vatican Council, went into effect in the Church of Roman Rite.
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Formal ratification of a Vatican-Italy concordat replacing the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
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The Code of Canon Law for Eastern Churches went into effect.
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Approval of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Initiation of celebration preparations of the start of the third Christian millennium in the year 2000.
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Pope John Paul II visited Cuba and secured the release of over 300 political prisoners.
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Pope John Paul II traveled to Greece and Syria. He also named 44 new members to the College of Cardinals in an unprecedented consistory.On September 11, the World Trade Center was destroyed and the Pentagon attacked by Islamic terrorists who hijacked several planes and used them as weapons of mass destruction. The attacks launched a global war on terror.
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Pope John Paul II appealed for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq War. A coalition headed by the U.S. removed Saddam Hussein.
