ReligionThe 1960s

Religion in the 1960s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1960s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1962 to 1967. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1962
Latest
1967

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    Vatican City

    The Second Vatican Council

    Opened by John XXIII on 11 October 1962 in Saint Peter's and concluded under Paul VI in 1965, Vatican II reformed the worship, self-understanding and outward relations of the Roman Catholic Church.

    Era: Vatican II, the Modern Papacy and a World Patrimony

    Sources: Second Vatican Council · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Albania

    Albania declared an atheist state

    The Hoxha regime launched a campaign against religion, closing mosques and churches and proclaiming Albania the world's first officially atheist state.

    Era: The Second World War and Hoxha's Stalinist Albania

    Sources: Enver Hoxha · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Albania · Encyclopaedia Britannica