2022-10-11 - 60th An­niver­sary Opening of Second Vatican Council

08.12.1965 - Nach Beendigung des Konzils wird Papst Paul VI. durch die Menschenmenge über den Petersplatz getragen. Am 8. Dezember 1965 wurde das 1962 von Papst Johannes XXIII. eröffnete II. Va...
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08.12.1965 - Blick auf die auf dem Petersplatz versammelte Menschenmenge. Am 8. Dezember 1965 wurde das 1962 von Papst Johannes XXIII. eröffnete II. Vatikanische Konzil beendet.
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07.12.1965 - Papst Paul VI. am Altar des Petersdoms am 7. Dezember 1965 während der neunten öffentlichen Sitzung des Konzils. Am 8. Dezember 1965 wurde das 1962 von Papst Johannes XXIII. eröffn...
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01.01.2000 - Würdenträger aus aller Welt auf dem Petersplatz nach einer Sitzung im Oktober 1962. Am 11.10.1962 wurde das von Papst Johannes XXIII. einberufene II. Vatikanische Konzil eröffnet,...
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23.04.1999 - A view of the concelebration of mass by Pope Paul VI and other council fathers during the Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica. 8th December 1965 Vatican City State / Mono Ne...
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23.04.1999 - The opening of the Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica. Before Pope John XXIII at age 80 is 2600 Bishops and cardinals 12th October 1962 Vatican City State / Mono Print
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23.04.1999 - A view of the concelebration of mass by Pope Paul VI who elevates the chalice during the Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica. 8th December 1965 Vatican City State / Mono Neg...
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23.04.1999 - The closing of The Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica showing Pope Paul VI preceeded by Council Fathers and flanked by Swiss guards exiting to the crowds in St. Peter's Sq...
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23.04.1999 - The closing of The Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica showing 2000 Council fathers exiting to the crowds in St. Peter's Square. 8th December 1965 Vatican City State / Mono...
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01.01.2000 - 11th October 1962: Vatican Council opening ceremony in the Basilica of St. Peter's. Nearly 3000 bishops attended. Italy
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01.01.2000 - 8th December 1962: Closing ceremony of the Ecumenical Council in the Basilica at St. Peter's, The Vatican, Rome. Pope Giovanni XXIII was present and imparted the Holy Blessing to C...
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08.10.1962 - Journalists and photographers have met in front of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, for a press tour and are waiting for the opening of the doors. The tour took place only a few...
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11.10.1962 - Federal Foreign Minister Gerhard Schröder (l) in a conversation with Curial Cardinal Augustin Bea (r) during a reception for the Second Vatican Council, on 11 October 1962, at the...
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01.10.1962 - View on the priest's college Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome, October 1962. Most of the German council fathers who took part in the Second Vatican Council stayed here during their a...
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11.10.1962 - A young seller with council postcards, on Saint Peter's Square, on 11 October 1962, the opening day of the Second Vatican Council. The council ended in December 1965.
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10.10.1962 - Illuminated St. Peter's Basilica in the night of 10 October 1962, on the evening before the opening ceremony of the Second Vatican Council. The council ended in December 1965.
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11.10.1962 - A priest is carrying the council documents of a group of French council fathers to St. Peter's Basilica, on 11 October 1962, the opening day of the Second Vatican Council. The coun...
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08.10.1962 - Journalists and photographers have met for a press tour in front of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on 8 October 1962, and are checked by the security before the entry. The tou...
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08.10.1962 - An employee demonstrates a modern calculation machine, on 8 October 1962, at St. Peter's Basilica, which will acquire and evaluate the voting cards of the council fathers at the im...
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11.10.1962 - Pope John XXIII and his entourage enter St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on 11 October 1962, for the opening mass of the Second Vatican Council. The council ended in December 19...
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11.10.1962 - Entry of the bishops, on 11 October 1962, at St. Peter's Basilica, for a mass for the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Pope John XXIII (not in the picture) has opened the Sec...
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11.10.1962 - Pope John XXIII during the opening ceremony of the Second Vatican Council, on 11 October 1962, at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. After the death of Pope Pius XII, on 9 October...
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11.10.1962 - A souvenir shop in the Vatican, on 11 October 1962, the opening day of the Second Vatican Council. The council ended in December 1965.
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11.10.1962 - A souvenir shop in the Vatican, on 11 October 1962, the opening day of the Second Vatican Council. The council ended in December 1965.
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10.10.1962 - Julius Cardinal Döpfner, archbishop of Munich and Freising, is welcomed in front of the Vatican by a group of young female Berlins, on 10 October 1962, the evening before the openi...
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08.10.1962 - Last preparations in the council basilica, on 8 October 1962, for the Second Vatican Council, which will begin on 11 October 1962. The picture shows nuns attaching red velvet and g...
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