“Citizens must cultivate a generous and loyal spirit of patriotism, but without being narrow-minded,” according to Gaudium et Spes, the final document issued by the Second Vatican Council in 196 ...

Pope Francis already set an example at the start of the year when ... we can draw inspiration from Vatican II’s pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes. Describing the Church-world relationship ...

Pope Francis meets with members of the foundation of “Gaudium et Spes” at the Vatican, February 14, 2025. via REUTERS Francis suffered two falls recently at his Vatican residence, bruising his ...

Gaudium et Spes pictures the Church not as a separate ... Most days in the news, not just here but around the world, there are examples of technology and the vulnerabilities of open, democratic ...

One needs to remember that for Vatican II, the Church “is bound to no particular form of human culture” (Gaudium et Spes, 42). Hence, an Asian art form can be used to design the mascot. In order to ...

The 21 councils in Catholic history are examples of the Holy Spirit at ... is not consistent with Gaudium et Spes’ call for engagement with the modern world in “the light of the Gospel ...

Examples cited include those of lay-led Church movements ... Church in Indonesia is "to build the Catholic community in Indonesia more in line with 'Gaudium et spes' and social teachings", which ...

This is why the Second Vatican Council, in Gaudium et Spes, the Constitution on the Church in the Modern ... He spelled this out in two ways: the example which lay people can give, and the ...

Rev. Drew Christiansen, S. J. is affiliated with various offices of the Holy See (Vatican) on international security matters, including nuclear disarmament. Those affiliations include the Holy See ...

A thorough, rather than a selective, reading of Gaudium et Spes, would bring the reader to the following three sentences: “In fidelity to conscience, Christians are joined with the rest of men ...

He confirmed in no uncertain terms, for example, that he believed the way ... Like Rahner, Metz regarded Gaudium et Spes as the summit of Vatican II’s teaching: “The joys and the hopes ...