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“To Sanctify the World” revisits the Second Vatican Council

Disputes over the meaning of the momentous gathering are really about Catholicism’s future

TOPSHOT - Pope Francis (C) meets with the indigenous community at Muskwa Park in Maskwacis, south of Edmonton, western Canada, on July 25, 2022. - Pope Francis visits Canada for a chance to personally apologize to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)

To Sanctify the World. By George Weigel. Basic Books; 368 pages; $32 and £25

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