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Vatican II Documents Analysis
Some of the most important documents regarding religious diversity are the Vatican II documents (1965), that were initiated by Pope John XXIII. Through these documents the Catholic Church recognised all other world religions and cultures. This was a watershed moment for theology (Thomas Grenham, lecture notes 2016) and changed the Catholic attitude towards other religions. This new attitude of openness to the world and dialogue with others is found explicitly in the way the Catholic church describes its positive relationship with other religions, something that did not exist before the Vatican II(Lane, 2008p.33). The document Gaudium et Spes (1965) began to examine different cultures and see the possibility that all human beings can achieve
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