MESSAGE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR THE XXIII WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS (1986)

On the theme of vocations, the Second Vatican Council has offered us a very rich doctrinal, spiritual and pastoral patrimony. In harmony with its profound vision of the Church, it solemnly affirms that the duty to foster vocations “concerns the whole Christian community” (Optatam totius, 2). Twenty years later, the…