Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Gaudium et Spes, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, was one of the chief accomplishments of the Second Vatican Council. Approved by a vote of 2,307 to 75 of the bishops assembled at the council, and was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965. As is customary with Catholic documents, the title is from the first sentence and means "Joy and Hope" in Latin. Table of contents 1 Contents 1.1 Part 1 - The Church and Man's Calling 1.2 Part 2 - Some Problems of Special Urgency 2 External links Contents Introduction: The Situation of Men in the Contemporary World Part 1 - The Church and Man's Calling The Dignity of the Human Person The Community of Mankind Man's Activity throughout the World The Role of the Church in the Modern World Part 2 - Some Problems of Special Urgency Marriage and the Family Development of Culture Economic and Social Life Political Community Peace and the Community of Nations External links full text in English This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.