The world today does not need greater social organization but a Savior: man today needs someone who will answer the fundamental problems of his existence, which no social structure has ever been able to answer. The bishops at Vatican II tended to agree with Danielou. The “Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity” affirms that missionary activity is concerned with “the task of preaching the gospel and planting the church among peoples or groups who do not yet believe in Christ.”
