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Pontificate of Pius XII
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. (See Twentieth Century Popes.) -
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World War II.
World War II. -
Start of a decade of communist conquest
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. -
Pius XII proclaimed the dogma
Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. -
The communist regime of China
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 John XXIII
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. (See Twentieth Century Popes.) -
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Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (II)
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
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. (See Twentieth Century Popes.) -
The thirty-four-day
The thirty-four-day pontificate of John Paul I. -
The revised Code of Canon Law
The revised Code of Canon Law, embodying reforms enacted by the Second Vatican Council, went into effect in the Church of Roman Rite. -
Lateran Treaty of 1929.
Formal ratification of a Vatican-Italy concordat replacing the Lateran Treaty of 1929. -
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Decline and fall of communist influence
Decline and fall of communist influence and control in Middle and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. -
The Code of Canon
The Code of Canon Law for Eastern Churches went into effect. -
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Approval of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church. -
Christian millennium
Initiation of celebration preparations of the start of the third Christian millennium in the year 2000. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II issued an apology for any anti-Semitism by Catholics; a conference on anti-Semitism was also held in Rome and a number of Catholic leaders in Europe issued apologies for historical anti-Semitism. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II visited Cuba and secured the release of over 300 political prisoners. -
Holy Year 2000
The Catholic Church celebrated the Holy Year 2000 and the Jubilee; commencement of the third Christian millennium. Pope John Paul II issued apology for the sinful actions of the Church’s members in the past. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II traveled to Greece and Syria. He also named 44 new members to the College of Cardinals in an unprecedented consistory. -
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II appealed for a peaceful resolution to the Iraq War.
