|
|
"To help the Church carry out its duty of
scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in
the light of the Gospel. Thus, she can respond, in language
intelligible to each generation, to the perennial questions which men
and women ask about this present life and the life to come, and about
the relationship of the one to the
other. We must therefore recognize and understand the world in which we
live, its
expectations, its longings, and its often dramatic characteristics. "
(Gaudium et Spes: 4)
|
|
