Aggiornamento
Aggiornamento (Ital., ‘updating’). The renewal of the Roman Catholic Church which Pope John XXIII hoped would come from the Second Vatican Council and would lead to the reunion of all Christians; especially the renewal of the religious life of Catholics, and the bringing up to date of the Church's teaching, discipline, and organization.
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