 After the Council, the journal took on a conciliatory tone which promoted a "dialogue" with the modern world, whilst holding to the beliefs of Roman Catholicism.The Papacy of Pope John Paul II influenced "La Civiltà Cattolica" with a renewed missionary perspective, with revived apologetical articles, and with the task of promoting the New Evangelization.At the time of the Historic Compromise, the journal called for the reestablishment of the Christian Democracy.