Pope John XXIII set in motion the greatest event in the recent history of Roman Catholicism when he summoned in 1959 the Second Vatican Council; he envisioned this assembly as focused on “how we ought to renew ourselves, so that we may be found increasingly faithful to the gospel of Christ” (Message to Humanity: October 20, 1962). Church renewal, aggiornamento, has remained a constant imperative for all Christians and each local church in the Vatican II era. [James Kroeger, “Review of Church Renewal: Proceedings and Addresses of the National Pastoral Consultation on Church Renewal by RobertoLaTorre”, Landas 16/1 (2002): 161-163.]
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