noun
- the process of bringing something up to date, especially the modernization of the Roman Catholic Church
Usage: often capitalized when referring specifically to Vatican II reforms
Examples
- The Second Vatican Council represented a major aggiornamento in Catholic doctrine and practice.
- Pope John XXIII called for an aggiornamento to make the Church more relevant to modern times.
- The parish underwent its own aggiornamento by introducing contemporary music and liturgy.
- Many Catholics welcomed the aggiornamento as a necessary reform.
- The concept of aggiornamento influenced other religious denominations to examine their own traditions.
- Scholars debate whether the aggiornamento went too far or not far enough.