Pope urges unity as he marks Vatican II’s 60th anniversary

By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is calling for unity in the Catholic Church as he marks the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. Francis presided over a special evening Mass to commemorate the opening of the three-year church meetings known as Vatican II. The sessions brought the 2,000-year Catholic Church into the modern era by allowing for Masses in the vernacular rather than Latin and a greater emphasis on the role of ordinary faithful in the life of the church.  Francis blasted the divisions that ensued between conservatives and progressives as the work of the devil.