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“John XXIII convoked the Second Vatican Council and gave it a pastoral purpose: to change the relationship between the Church and the world, so that the world could come to know its savior and there might be peace among all those whom Christ died to save.”
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“If love truly filled the world, as the Holy Spirit filled the body of the risen Lord, we would be free in ways we can barely imagine.”
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“A system of laws is judged good to the extent it protects those who cannot protect themselves. When an entire class of innocent people is made outlaws just because they are not wanted, the country can no longer be relied upon to protect anyone from a violent end.”
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“Only if we are truly one in Christ will the world believe. A divided Church lacks the energy and creativity to preach the gospel.”
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“Much that is negative and destructive in the Church today comes ... from fratricidal arguments about elements of the Church’s life and teachings, conflicts that distract Catholics from attending to the reason the Council was called: the conversion of the world.”
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