Church Documents on Vatican II

Collected here is most of the Acta Synodalia, which contains all of the documentation during the Council. This page also has the complete documents from the Preparatory and Antepreparatory periods prior to the Council.

This is the Message to Humanity address by the Council Fathers in the opening days of Vatican II. 

The 1985 Extraordinary Synod was convoke to celebrate the Second Vatican Council 20 years after it ended. The Final Report assesses the Council and gives guidelines on understanding it. 

Collected here are addresses by Pope John XXIII on Vatican II. These include Humanae Salutis, his convocation of the Council, and his opening speech to the Council. 

Collected here are addresses by Pope John XXIII on Vatican II. 

Collected here are documents by St. Pope John Paul II on Vatican II. 

Collected here are addresses of Pope Benedict XVI on the topic of Vatican II. These speeches present several hermeneutics for interpreting the Council. One of the most important hermeneutics is the contrast between a hermeneutics of continuity and of reform.

Collected here are addresses of Pope Francis on Vatican II. 

This Letter issued by the CDF to the bishops clarifies several themes of post-Vatican II ecclesiology such as the meaning of communion, the relationship between the universal and particular Churchs, and ecumenism. 

This document was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith and clarifies some questions concerning postconciliar ecclesiology. 

This document by the CDF outlines several common errors of theologians today.