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2nd November 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Nostra Aetate: An appeal for our times

Nostra aetate (trans. “In our Time”) was the shortest of the many official documents that emerged from the Second Vatican Council. It was sub-titled “Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions”. Passed by an overwhelming majority of the bishops present, and promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 28 October 1965, the Holy […]

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