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POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION Christifideles laici ON THE VOCATION AND THE MISSION OF THE LAY FAITHFUL IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE WORLD on 30 December, the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, in the year 1988, the eleventh of my Pontificate

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1 INTRODUCTION 2 You Go Into My Vineyard Too 3 The Pressing Needs of the World Today: "Why do you stand here idle all day?" 4 Secularism and the Need for Religion 5 The Human Person: A Dignity Violated and Exalted 6 Conflict and Peace 7 Jesus Christ, the Hope of Humanity CHAPTER I I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHES The Dignity of the Lay Faithful in the Church as Mystery 8 The Mystery of the Vine 9 Who are the Lay Faithful 10 Baptism and the "Newness" of Christian Life 11 Children in the Son 12 We Are One Body in Christ 13 Holy and Living Temples of the Spirit 14 Sharers in the Priestly, Prophetic and Kingly Mission of Jesus Christ 15 The Lay Faithful and Their Secular Character 16 Called to Holiness 17 The Life of Holiness in the World CHAPTER II ALL BRANCHES OF A SINGLE VINE The Participation of the Lay Faithtul in the Life of Church as Communion 18 The Mystery of Church Communion 19 Vatican II and the Ecclesiology of Communion 20 An Organic Communion: Diversity and Complementarity 21 Ministries and Charisms, the Spirit's Gifts to the Church 22 The Ministries Derived from Holy Orders 23 The Ministries, Offices and Roles of the Lay Faithful 24 Charisms 25 The Lay Faithful's Participation in the Life of the Church 26 The Parish 27 The Apostolic Commitment in the Parish 28 The Forms of Participation in the Life of the Church 29 Group Forms of Participation 30 "Criteria of Ecclesiality"for Lay Groups 31 The Pastors in Service to Communion CHAPTER III I HAVE APPOINTED YOU TO GO FORTH AND BEAR FRUIT The Coresponsibility of the Lay Faithful in the Church as Mission 32 Mission to Communion 33 Proclaiming the Gospel 34 The Hour Has Come for a Re-Evangelization 35 Go Into the Whole World 36 To Live the Gospel Serving the Person and Society 37 Promoting the Dignity of the Person 38 Respecting the Inviolable Right to Life 39 Free to Call Upon the Name of the Lord 40 The Family: Where the Duty to Society Begins 41 Charity: The Soul and Sustenance of Solidarity 42 Public Life: for Everyone and by Everyone 43 Placing the Individual at the Center of Socio-Economic Life 44 Evangelizing Culture and the Cultures of Humanity CHAPTER IV LABOURERS IN THE LORD'S VINEYARD Good Stewards of God's Varied Grace 45 The Variety of Vocations Young People, Children and Older People 47 Children and the Kingdom of Heaven 48 Older People and the Gift of Wisdom 49 Women and Men 50 Anthropological and Theological Foundations 51 Mission in the Church and in the World 52 The Presence and Collaboration of Men Together with Women 53 The Sick and the Suffering 54 Renewed Pastoral Action 55 The States of Life and Vocations 56 The Various Vocations in the Lay State CHAPTER V THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT The Formation of the Lay Faithful in the Lay State 57 A Continual Process of Maturation 58 To Discover and Live One's Vocation and Mission 59 A Total Integrated Formation for Living an Integrated Life 60 Various Aspects of Formation 61 Collaborators with God the Teacher 62 Other Places for Formation 63 The Reciprocal Formation Received and Given by All 64 An Appeal and A Prayer