Vatican II and the African Struggle for Justice (GS 63-72): An Historical Study of the Contribution of the African Bishops to "Gaudium et Spes" and its Reception in Africa (Dioceses of Awka and Yaounde) KU Leuven
World poverty was one of the social questions that the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) took very close to heart. The Council Fathers, in the Pastoral Constitution “Gaudium et Spes” (GS), gave extensive thought to this injustice and proposed some principles that should form the basis for promoting greater justice and equity in the socio-economic life of people and among nations. Despite important awareness-raising and praxis-oriented ...