Reading the Signs of Our Times: "Gaudium et Spes" at 60

Author: Thomas Banchoff

December 13, 2025

Berkley Center Director Thomas Banchoff contributed an article to The Tablet, arguing that Gaudium et Spes ("Joy and Hope"), a document produced during the Second Vatican Council, offers a framework for understanding globalization, inequality, pluralism, and technological change, and that its emphasis on dialogue and human dignity can be a tool to move beyond contemporary global disorder. 

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