The most important single development within Roman Catholicism since 1960 is its ever clearer conviction that action to achieve justice and peace is demanded by the Gospel. This book presents (1) the official texts of the twenty-five most important document which embody this historic development ,and (2) a penetrating analysis of what that development means for the present and future of both the Church and the human family. These are new questions which arise from the official commitment of Roman Catholicism to an effective concern with this life in this world. Upon the answers given will depend whether or not the People of God becomes in fact what it now aspires to be : a Church loving and serving every member of the human family . Comprehensive and authoritative. The Gospel of Peace and Justice is an indispensable work for anyone seriously interested in the official Roman Catholic response to the hurts and hopes of the modern world.