Summary: Kerry Walters reflects on Gaudium et Spes, a key document from the Vatican II Council, emphasizing its message about the common good. It highlights the need for constant improvement in society, grounded in truth, justice, and love. As we approach election day, these ideas remind us of the importance of a more humane and just social order.
The social order requires constant improvement. It must be founded on truth, built on justice and animated by love; in freedom it should grow every day toward a more humane balance. An improvement in attitudes and abundant changes in society will have to take place if these objectives are to be gained. (View Highlight)