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FAITH ALIVE; Reformation series: Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent

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FAITH ALIVE; Reformation series: Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent

July 29, 2019October 11, 2025

By Catholic News ServiceIN A NUTSHELLThe story of the Catholic Church at the time the 16th-century Catholic Counter-Reformation began is multidimensional.What today may escape notice are the efforts in the 1500s by new religious orders and congregations to renew Catholic life.As a response to the Reformation, the Council of Trent was convened by Pope Paul…...