Gaudium et spes (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯di.um et ˈspes], "Joys and Hopes"), the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, is the last of the four constitutions promulgated during the Second Vatican Council between 1963 and 1965. Issued on 7 December 1965, it was Council's longest published document and the first constitution published by a Catholic ecumenical council ever to address the entire world.
Gaudium et spes (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈɡau̯di.um et ˈspes], "Joys and Hopes"), the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, is the last of the four constitutions promulgated during the Second Vatican Council between 1963 and 1965. Issued on 7 December 1965, it was Council's longest published document and the first constitution published by a Catholic ecumenical council ever to address the entire world.
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