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THE BULLETIN, October 13, 1962—PAGE 3
SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
HOLY SEE, 21 ST COUNCIL SITE, WORLD FOCAL POINT
ATICAN CITY
The above diagram shows the locations of many of the
Vatican buildings, portraying the size and completeness
of the tiny religious state. Dominated by St. Peter's Basilica,
the world’s largest church, this state within the city of Rome,
is the site of the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Church
and religious focal point of the world. The council cere
monies and meetings will take place in and around the
huge Basicica, with many of the outlying buildings beingf
used for special committees and meetings. - (NC Photos)
PONTIFF SIGNS BULL PROCLAIMING COUNCIL
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With a few strokes of the pen, His Holiness Pope John XXIII affixes his signature, thus
making official the convoking of the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Church. The Second
Vatican Council, only the third world council of the Catholic Church in the last 400 years,
opened on October 11th. - (NC Photos)
SWISS GUARD IS READY
Twenty - two new recruits were added the the Vatican
Swiss Guard recently to bolster the Holy Father’s "little
army" for added responsibilities connected with the Second.
Vatican Council. The new Guardsmen were sworn in at the
Damasus Court of the Vatican Palace. The Guard was cele
brating the 435th anniversary of the "Sack of Rome", when
147 guardsmen gave their lives defending the Pope.
(NC Photos)
Prominent among the Ecumenical Council* s leaders are three non-Italian Cardinals,
Agostino Cardinal Bea, S.J. (left), a German, headed the preparatory Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity, designed to help separated Christians follow closely the
work of the council. Eugenio Cardinal Tisserant (center), dean of the Sacred College
of Cardinals and a native of France, presided in the Holy Father’s absence over
the Central Preparatory Commission. Gregorio Pietro XV Cardinal Agagianian, an
Armenian and Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith,
headed the Commission for the Missions. (NC Photos)
Rome Newsmen Confer
Taking over press preparations for the Second Vatican
Council are Msgr. James I. Tucek (right), head of the Rome
bureau of the NCWC News Service, and Luciano Casi-
mirri, head of the Vatican Press Office. New and expanded
press facilities have been installed at the Vatican to handle
the expected influx of secular and religious newsmen this
fall. (NC Photos)
COUNCIL LEADERS
Cross-Reference For Council
Priests, seminarians, and laymen put in long hours in
the offices of the preparatory commissions preparing
for the Second Vatican Council. Above, just three of the
enlarged office force work at filing the large number of
items that will be brought to the attention of the council.
The answers to the queries were broken down into subject
matter and filed under a detailed crossreferencing index.
- (NC Photos)
LOCATIONS OF PAST CHURCH COUNCILS
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The Second Vatican Council called by His Holiness Pope John XXIII is
the 21st such gathering in the history of the Catholic Church. The first and
seventh councils were held at Nicea in 325 and 787. Four councils were convened in
Constantinople in the years 381, 553, 680-81, and 869-70. The remaining councils
held in the East were those of Ephesus, 431, and Chalcedon, 451. Six councils have been
convened in Rome, five at the Lateran Basilica in the years 1123, 1139, 1179, 1215
and 1512-17, and one each at Vienne, France, 1311-12; Constance, Switzerland, 1414-18,
Florence, 1431-45: and Tre r,t 1^45-63. (NC Photos)
His Holiness Pope John XXIII bows his head before the
main altar at the Basilica of St. Pau 1 Outside the Walls
on the feast of St. Paul’s Conversion and he prays for the
success of the ecumenical council which he convoked on
October 11. It was on this feast in 1959 that the Holy Father
first made public his intention to convene the Second Vatican
Council. - (NC Photos)