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===Use since the Second Vatican Council===

The Popes have continued to use the expression "the People of God". [[Pope Paul VI]] used it with regard to his profession of faith known as the [[Credo of the People of God]]. [[Pope John Paul II]] used it in his catechetical instructions, teaching that the church is the new People of God.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19911106en.html |title=The Church Is the New People of God. General Audience at November 6, 1991 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020145251/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19911106en.html |archivedate=20 October 2012 }}</ref> Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of "the Church, the people of God throughout the world, united in faith and love and empowered by the Spirit to bear witness to the risen Christ to the ends of the earth".<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2008/july/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20080721_farewell_en.html Farewell ceremony at Sydney airport, 21 July 2008]</ref> On 20 August 2018, [[Pope Francis]] released a letter, addressed to the "People of God", in response to recent revelations of [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sexual abuse cases]] within the Church, quoting [[Paul the Apostle|St. Paul]]: "If one member suffers, all suffer together with it" ({{Bibleverse|1 Corinthians|12:26}}).<ref>[httphttps://w2www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/letters/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20180820_lettera-popolo-didio.html Letter of His Holiness to the People of God, 20 August 2018]</ref>

The concluding messages of each [[General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops]] are addressed to "the People of God."<ref>For example, [https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/synod/documents/rc_synod_doc_20081024_message-synod_en.html Message of the October 2008 assembly]</ref>