[Vatican II] Gaudet Mater Ecclesia Opening Address to the Council

A reading of Pope Saint John XXIII's Speech on the occasion of the Opening of the Second Vatican Council. Given at St Peter's Basilica on the 11th of October, 1962.

The original document can found on the Vatican Website:
https://tinyurl.com/328j3tkd

An English Translation can be found here:
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?RecNum=3233