Cardinals defend , define Catholic social teaching
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The ongoing defense of hum an dignity through the social teachings of the C hurch was the central them e of a discussion yesterday in Was hington Hall by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin o f Chicago, and John Cardinal O 'C onnor o f New York. "The Pastoral C onstitution (o f the Second Vatican C ouncil) . . . ties the entire Catholic tradition 's defense of the hum an person directly to the very cen te r o f the C hurch’s life ," said Bernardin, com m enting on the effect o f Vatican II 20 years after its conclusion. The cardinals’ lecture cen te red on the constitu tion (the Gaudium et Spes) w ritten five years after the 1965 Second Vatican Council, and
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