Far from being a mere "stopgap" pope, to great excitement, John XXIII called for an ecumenical council fewer than ninety years after the First Vatican Council (Vatican I's predecessor, the Council of Trent, had been held in the 16th century). This decision was announced on 29 January 1959 at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini, who later became Pope Paul VI, remarked to Giulio Bevilacqua that "this holy old boy doesn't realise what a hornet's nest he's stirring up". From the Second Vatican Council came changes that reshaped the face of Catholicism: a comprehensively revised liturgy, a stronger emphasis on ecumenism, and a new approach to the world. COUNT 4
QSN1 What did John XXIII call for? ANS1 an ecumenical council QSN2 When was the decision made for this council? ANS2 29 January 1959 QSN3 Where was the decision made for this council? ANS3 the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls QSN4 Who did Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini later become? ANS4 Pope Paul VI