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Pope Paul VI makes his way past bishops during a session of the Second Vatican Council in 1964. Vatican II, in its Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (“Lumen Gentium”) promulgated by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 21, 1964, presents succinctly the Church’s teaching on the role of the laity in the church and in the world. (CNS file photo)