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Caritas et veritas 2016, 6(1):24-32 | DOI: 10.32725/cetv.2016.006

Gaudium et Spes and Francis

Paul Michael Zulehner
Universität Wien, Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Institut für praktische Theologie, Universitätsring 1, A-1010 Wien

The paper first presents two points of view on the Second Vatican Council: the view of Pope Benedict XVI and the view of Pope Francis. Then it discusses the so-called Pact of the Catacombs signed in 1965 and shows how the themes of its three main parts - the personal life of the bishop, the apostolic pastoral ministry and the Church's internal culture - correspond with the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium and with the life and deeds of Pope Francis. The following notes to the second part illustrate that Pope Francis, during his pontificate, puts the Constitution Gaudium et Spes into practice and thereby ephasizes themes corresponding to the request "read the signs of our time."

Keywords: Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes, Pact of the Catacombs

Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation

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Zulehner, P.M. (2016). Gaudium et Spes and Francis. Caritas et veritas, 6(1), 24-32. doi: 10.32725/cetv.2016.006
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