The Second Vatican Council, IV.

IV. DECREE ON COMMUNICATION MEDIA IV. DECREE ON COMMUNICATION MEDIA The second of the two schemata finally adopted and promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 4, 1963, the closing day of the second session of the Council, was the Decree on the Media of Social Communication. This decree, approximately one-fourth the length of the first one, resulted in much criticism both within and outside of the Roman Catholic Church. The expressed hope of many is that future sessions of the Vatican Council...