Monthly Archives: September 2013

September 30, 1963 A U.S. bishop told newsmen here that he will “welcome complaints or recommendations from the press corps” to be passed on to the members of the Council Press Committee. Bishop Albert Zuroweste of Belleville, Ill., English-language member … Continue reading →

Opening General Congregation September 29, 1963 Pope Paul VI reopened the Second Vatican Council with a plan for the work at hand and a plea to non-Catholics for brotherly peace and pardon. He said that the “principal concern” of this … Continue reading →

 Eleven laymen, including an American, have been invited to attend the second session of the ecumenical council. Also invited were three Frenchmen, three Italians, an Argentinian, a Belgian, a Pole and a Spaniard. The American is James J. Norris, assistant … Continue reading →

With the arrival here of three representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church, 63 non-Catholic religious leaders are attending the second session of the ecumenical council as observer delegates or guests of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. This is an … Continue reading →

The rule of secrecy will be lifted for the second session of the ecumenical council in regard to discussions on the council floor. This is the highlight of a new plan for press information which is in the final stages … Continue reading →

Pope Paul VI in officially summoning the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council to the second session reaffirmed Pope John’s intention that the council rejuvenate the Church “in its perennial vigor.” Pope Paul sent identical letters to each of the … Continue reading →

An appeal to encourage prayer and penance for a happy outcome of the ecumenical council has been made by Pope Paul VI in an Apostolic Exhortation to the world’s Catholic Bishops. After noting the paramount importance of the council for … Continue reading →

Following is a translation of a letter in Latin from Pope Paul VI to Eugene Cardinal Tisserant concerning the Vatican council, dated Sept. 12, 1963. To our Venerable Brother, Greetings and Apostolic Benediction: According to the requirements of our apostolic … Continue reading →

Pope Paul VI has directed that Catholic laymen be admitted to the second session of the ecumenical council and that non-Christian as well as other non-Catholic representatives be welcomed as observers. Pope Paul disclosed the following decisions: — Admission of … Continue reading →

Introduction: Second Session (Editor’s Note: This introductory note appears in the bound volume of our Council Daybook immediately prior to the pages that reprint our coverage of events during the Second Vatican Council’s second session, which ran Sept. 29-Dec. 4, 1963. … Continue reading →