His many books include Vatican II: The Crisis and the Promise. There is no substitute for reading all 16 official documents of the Second Vatican Council. Church historian James Hitchcock wrote ...

Instead of invoking the vacuous ‘spirit of Vatican II,’ he should read its 16 official documents. And good Pope John XXIII himself, in his opening address to the council on Oct. 11 ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council ... more than anyone dared imagine beforehand. The 16 major documents they produced reformed the liturgy ...

The 16 promulgated decrees ... Many bishops readily admit that these and other documents of Vatican II show some omissions and outright failures. The ecclesiastical legislation had to be shaped ...

Vatican II, as it is popularly known today ... and work begins in 16 commissions for the 16 documents to ultimately come out of the Second Vatican Council. These cover many topics, including ...

These meetings did just that — 16 documents in total came out of it ... [Pope Benedict] wants to see Vatican II as a council of reform but a council that's in continuity with the Catholic ...

The council’s enduring significance is not limited to the 16 documents it promulgated ... and a key theological consultant at Vatican II, believed that councils manifest a deeper reality ...