Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)
Constitution
By: Second Vatican Council
Date: December 7, 1965
Source: Second Vatican Council. Gaudium et Spes. Rome, December 7, 1965. Available online at http://www.vatican.va (accessed February 4, 2003).
About the Organization: The Second Vatican Council, called by Pope John XXIII, was the twenty-first ecumenical, or general, council of the Roman Catholic Church. Beginning in 1962, one session was conducted each year for four years. Pope Paul VI called the council to closure in the fourth year. A total of 2,908 bishops and others were eligible to attend, and the average attendance at the meetings was approximately 2,200.
Introduction
At the gathering of the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy at the Second Vatican Council, a multitude of social and moral problems were discussed, analyzed, and debated. The bishops, in...
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