Reconciliatio et paenitentia

Reconciliatio et paenitentia
Latin for 'Reconciliation and Penance'
Apostolic exhortation of Pope John Paul II
Coat of arms of Pope John Paul II
Signature date 2 December 1984
Number4 of 15 of the pontificate
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Reconciliatio et paenitentia (English: Reconciliation and Penance) is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II, delivered on 2 December 1984 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, which grew out of the Sixth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held in 1983.[1] The fourth of John Paul II's apostolic exhortations, it presents Jesus as the Reconciler of a shattered world.

  1. ^ Pope John Paul II (December 2, 1984). "Reconciliatio et paenitentia". Libreria Editrice Vaticana. §4.

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