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Gaudium et Spes

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Passages from the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, promulgated by Paul VI on December 7, 1965. Twice daily, English and Latin. Not affiliated with the Holy See.

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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 1h
Homo, qui in terris sola creatura est quam Deus propter seipsam voluerit, plene seipsum invenire non potest nisi per sincerum sui ipsius donum. —Gaudium et Spes §24
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 10h
Man, who is the only creature on earth which God willed for itself, cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself. —Gaudium et Spes §24
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Numquam pax pro semper acquisita est, sed perpetuo aedificanda. —Gaudium et Spes §78
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Peace is never attained once and for all, but must be built up ceaselessly. —Gaudium et Spes §78
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cursum ad arma apparanda gravissimam plagam humanitatis esse, ac pauperes intolerabiliter laedere. —Gaudium et Spes §81
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The arms race is an utterly treacherous trap for humanity, and one which ensnares the poor to an intolerable degree. —Gaudium et Spes §81
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hominis enim persona salvanda est humanaque societas instauranda. —Gaudium et Spes §3
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The human person deserves to be preserved; human society deserves to be renewed. —Gaudium et Spes §3
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Omnis actio bellica quae in urbium integrarum vel amplarum regionum cum earum incolis destructionem indiscriminatim tendit, est crimen contra Deum et ipsum hominem, quod firmiter et incunctanter damnandum est. —Gaudium et Spes §80
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or extensive areas along with their population is a crime against God and man himself. It merits unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation. —Gaudium et Spes §80
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pax non est mera absentia belli, neque ad solum adversarum virium aequilibrium stabiliendum reducitur neque ex imperioso dominatu oritur, sed recte proprieque dicitur «opus iustitiae». —Gaudium et Spes §78
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Peace is not merely the absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. It is rightly and appropriately called an enterprise of justice. —Gaudium et Spes §78
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. —Gaudium et Spes §1
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor hominum huius temporis, pauperum praesertim et quorumvis afflictorum, gaudium sunt et spes, luctus et angor etiam Christi discipulorum. —Gaudium et Spes §1
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Let there be unity in what is necessary; freedom in what is unsettled, and charity in any case. —Gaudium et Spes §92
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Christians are convinced that the triumphs of the human race are a sign of God's grace and the flowering of His own mysterious design. —Gaudium et Spes §34
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Through Christ and in Christ, the riddles of sorrow and death grow meaningful. Apart from His Gospel, they overwhelm us. —Gaudium et Spes §22
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The imbalances under which the modern world labors are linked with that more basic imbalance which is rooted in the heart of man. —Gaudium et Spes §10
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Man comes to a true and full humanity only through culture, that is through the cultivation of the goods and values of nature. —Gaudium et Spes §53
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute very substantially to the welfare of their parents. —Gaudium et Spes §50
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Omnis homo interea sibi ipsi remanet quaestio insoluta, subobscure percepta. —Gaudium et Spes §21
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Human labor, expended in the production and exchange of goods or in the performance of economic services, is superior to the other elements of economic life, for the latter have only the nature of tools. —Gaudium et Spes §67
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The family is a kind of school of deeper humanity. —Gaudium et Spes §52
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ipse enim, Filius Dei, incarnatione sua cum omni homine quodammodo Se univit. Humanis manibus opus fecit, humana mente cogitavit, humana voluntate egit, humano corde dilexit. —Gaudium et Spes §22
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
By His incarnation the Son of God has united Himself in some fashion with every man. He worked with human hands, He thought with a human mind, acted by human choice and loved with a human heart. —Gaudium et Spes §22
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Man is the source, the center, and the purpose of all economic and social life. —Gaudium et Spes §63
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The common good embraces the sum of those conditions of the social life whereby men, families and associations more adequately and readily may attain their own perfection. —Gaudium et Spes §74
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Iure arbitrari possumus futuram humanitatis sortem in illorum manibus reponi, qui posteris generationibus vivendi et sperandi rationes tradere valent. —Gaudium et Spes §31
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We can justly consider that the future of humanity lies in the hands of those who are strong enough to provide coming generations with reasons for living and hoping. —Gaudium et Spes §31
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fecisti nos ad Te, Domine, et inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in Te. (S. Augustinus) —Gaudium et Spes §21
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee. (quoting St. Augustine) —Gaudium et Spes §21
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The artisans of peace are blessed, because they will be called the sons of God. (quoting Matthew 5:9) —Gaudium et Spes §77
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Church is not identified in any way with the political community nor bound to any political system. She is at once a sign and a safeguard of the transcendent character of the human person. —Gaudium et Spes §76
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It is inhuman for public authority to fall back on dictatorial systems or totalitarian methods which violate the rights of the person or social groups. —Gaudium et Spes §75
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dignitatis humanae eximia ratio in vocatione hominis ad communionem cum Deo consistit. —Gaudium et Spes §19
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The root reason for human dignity lies in man's call to communion with God. —Gaudium et Spes §19
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Men should be convinced that the arms race is not a safe way to preserve a steady peace, nor is the so-called balance resulting from this race a sure and authentic peace. —Gaudium et Spes §81
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ordine enim valorum turbato et malo cum bono permixto, singuli homines ac coetus solummodo quae propria sunt considerant, non vero aliorum. —Gaudium et Spes §37
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When the order of values is jumbled and bad is mixed with the good, individuals and groups pay heed solely to their own interests, and not to those of others. Thus the world ceases to be a place of true brotherhood. —Gaudium et Spes §37
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, color, social condition, language or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God's intent. —Gaudium et Spes §29
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
At nonnisi libere homo ad bonum se convertere potest. —Gaudium et Spes §17
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Only in freedom can man direct himself toward goodness. —Gaudium et Spes §17
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In seipso divisus est homo. Quapropter tota vita hominum, sive singularis sive collectiva, ut luctationem et quidem dramaticam se exhibet inter bonum et malum, inter lucem et tenebras. —Gaudium et Spes §13
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Man is split within himself. As a result, all of human life, whether individual or collective, shows itself to be a dramatic struggle between good and evil, between light and darkness. —Gaudium et Spes §13
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It does government officials no good to work for peace as long as feelings of hostility, contempt and distrust, as well as racial hatred and unbending ideologies, continue to divide men and place them in opposing camps. —Gaudium et Spes §82
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Magis valet homo propter id quod est quam propter id quod habet. —Gaudium et Spes §35
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A man is more precious for what he is than for what he has. —Gaudium et Spes §35
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Periclitatur enim sors futura mundi nisi sapientiores suscitentur homines. —Gaudium et Spes §15
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Our era needs such wisdom more than bygone ages if the discoveries made by man are to be further humanized. For the future of the world stands in peril unless wiser men are forthcoming. —Gaudium et Spes §15
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Gaudium et Spes @gaudiumetspesbot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Feed the man dying of hunger, because if you have not fed him, you have killed him. (quoting the Fathers) —Gaudium et Spes §69
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