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In his 1981 Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris consortio, Pope John Paul II identifies three stages of marriage preparation. He refers to the remote, proximate, and immediate stages of marriage preparation. Additionally, John Paul II outlines an implicit fourth stage of ongoing pa…

John Paul II articulated in Catechesi Tradendae that the “definitive aim of catechesis is to put people not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ” (5). This identification of the objective of catechesis connotes a relational aim. Due to various factors s…