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The
beginning of the XXIst century had the following characteristics:
- Globalisation of all political,
social and economic problems,
- Dominance of materialism, whether totalitarian or
liberal, theoretical or practical,
- A spiritual and moral crisis,
- The rejection of the ideologies
of the XIXth and XXth centuries,
- Signs of a return of the sacred
in accord with man’s nature.
All these
characteristics of the current age give it an evidently eschatological
character.
The Second
Council of the Vatican has providentially replied to the anguish and aspirations
of man, on condition of being understood and applied in a perfect fidelity to
tradition.
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Light and darkness confront each
other, the light of the Truth and the darkness of error. It is a
confrontation that allows no-one to stand aside. We must choose on which
side we want to stand. It’s the choice by which each human being puts
into play his or her eternity.
JOHN PAUL II |
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