In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with the prophecy that \'a new day is dawning on the Church, bathing her in radiant splendour\'.
The most significant of these centred on refashioning the Church\'s liturgy--\'the source and summit of the Christian life\'--in order to make \'it pa.
Desiring \'to impart an ever increasing vigour to the Christian life of the faithful\', the Council Fathers devoted particular attention to the laity, and set in motion a series of sweeping reforms.
In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with the prophecy that \'a new day is dawning on the Church, bathing her in radiant splendour\'