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It is therefore no surprise that catechesis in the Church has again attracted attention in the wake of the Second Vatican Council, which Pope Paul Vl considered the great catechism of modern times. the General Catechetical Directory (1971) the sessions of the Synod of Bishops devoted to evangelization (1974) and catechesis (1977), the apostolic exhortations Evangelii nuntiandi (1975) and Catechesi tradendae (1979), attest to this. the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops in 1985 asked "that a catechism or compendium of all Catholic doctrine regarding both faith and morals be composed"¹³ Extraordinary Synod of Bishops 1985,. Final Report II B a, 4. The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, made the Synod's wish his own, acknowledging that "this desire wholly corresponds to a real need of the universal Church and of the particular Churches."¹⁴ John Paul II, Discourse at the Closing of the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops 7 December 1985: AAS 78AAS — Acta Apostolicae Sedis (official gazette of the Holy See), (1986). He set in motion everything needed to carry out the Synod Fathers' wish.