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Entry: The Gospel of Hope Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_gospel_of_hope#10692 Post contents: Woody, Here is Cardinal Ratzinger on Gaudium et Spes; "And this is the beauty of the pastoral constitution "Gaudium et Spes," evident in the very structure of the Council's text; only when we Christians grasp our vocation, as having been created in the image of God and believing that "the form of this world is passing away ... [and] that God is preparing a new dwelling and a new earth, in which justice dwells" ("Gaudium et Spes," No. 39), can we address the urgent social problems of our time from a truly Christian perspective." http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=2100 While, we should be heartened by the initial traditionalist response to this Encyclical, I fear some have a profound mis-understanding of Gaudiun et Spes to begin with. And, yes I am sympathetic to and have read Tracey Rowland on this issue. By the way, a brief and random survey of responses is here; http://tcrnews.blogspot.com/ Sent at: 2008 07 06