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Aug 4, 2026 14 min

#190 - Introduction to Vatican II

from Why Catholic? Hosted by Justin Hibbard

Justin Hibbard begins a new, highly requested series examining each of the documents of the Second Vatican Council. In this introductory episode, he talks about his reasons for doing this series, a brief history of Vatican II, the hierarchy of documents produced by the council fathers, the format for this series, and why it’s important to study the council’s documents. SOCIAL LINKS * Follow Why Catholic on Instagram. * Subscribe to Why Catholic on YouTube * Follow Why Catholic on Facebook * Follow Justin on Facebook. SHOW NOTES * Papal Encyclicals - The Second Vatican Council * Episode 174 - The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) * A Pastoral and Dogmatic Council Get full access to Why Catholic? at whycatholic.substack.com/subscribe

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