A list of some of the most important documents of the 2nd Vatican Council:

Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium).
It ordered an extensive revision of worship so that people would have a clearer sense of their own involvement in the Mass and other rites.

Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication (Inter Mirifica).
It called on members of the church, especially the laity, to instill "a human and Christian spirit" into newspapers, magazines, books, films, radio and television.

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium).
It presented the Church as a mystery, as a communion of baptized believers, as the people of God, as the body of Christ and as a pilgrim moving toward fulfillment in heaven but marked on earth with "a sanctity that is real, although imperfect."

Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio).
It said that ecumenism should be everyone's concern and that genuine ecumenism involves a continual personal and institutional renewal.

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum).
It said the church depends on Scripture and tradition as the one deposit of God's word and commended the use of modern scientific scholarship in studying Scripture.

Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity (Apostolicam Actuositatem).
It said the laity should influence their surroundings with Christ's teachings.

Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes).
It said the church must talk to atheists, a continual campaign must be waged for peace, nuclear war is unthinkable and aid to underdeveloped nations is urgent. It said marriage was not just for procreation and urged science to find an acceptable means of birth regulation.