The popes before, during and since the Second Vatican Council played a significant part in the development of the Church in the modern world, though not without challenge

Christopher Butler, Abbot of Downside, was at first unenthusiastic about participating in the Second Vatican Council.1 A significant contributor to the work of the council, he came nevertheless to value how John XXIII and Paul VI steered the Church into new times. 

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