Reconciliatio et paenitentia
| Reconciliatio et paenitentia Latin for 'Reconciliation and Penance' Apostolic exhortation of Pope John Paul II | |
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| Signature date | 2 December 1984 |
| Number | 4 of 15 of the pontificate |
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Reconciliatio et paenitentia (English: Reconciliation and Penance) is an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II, delivered on 2 December 1984 in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, which grew out of the Sixth General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held in 1983. The fourth of John Paul II's apostolic exhortations, it presents Jesus as the Reconciler of a shattered world.