PARIS (FRANCE)
La Croix International
Dec. 10, 2019
By Massimo Faggioli
If you blinked, you probably missed it. But this past Sunday was the 150th anniversary of the opening of the First Vatican Council.It was on Dec. 8, 1869 that Pope Pius IX convened the council that would come to be known for its declarations on papal primacy and infallibility.
It would be the symbol of an assertive Catholicism that pushed back against liberal modernity.
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