Evangelii Gaudium
In his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium ("The Joy of the Gospel"), Pope Francis encourages every Christian to rediscover the joy of a personal encounter with Christ and then to take up the mission of spreading the message of the Gospel with a renewed vigour.
“I have chosen to present some guidelines which can encourage and guide the whole Church in a new phase of evangelisation, one marked by enthusiasm and vitality... I have decided, among other themes, to discuss at length the following questions:
The Holy Father puts his vast pastoral experience and the outcome of the Synod on the New Evangelisation in 2012 at the service of the whole Church and encourages every member of the Church to act on this renewed priority for the Church: “I want to emphasize that what I am trying to express here has a programmatic significance and important consequences. I hope that all communities will devote the necessary effort to advancing along the path of a pastoral and missionary conversion which cannot leave things as they presently are.”
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“I have chosen to present some guidelines which can encourage and guide the whole Church in a new phase of evangelisation, one marked by enthusiasm and vitality... I have decided, among other themes, to discuss at length the following questions:
- the reform of the Church in her missionary outreach;
- the temptations faced by pastoral workers;
- the Church, understood as the entire People of God which evangelizes;
- the homily and its preparation;
- the inclusion of the poor in society;
- peace and dialogue within society;
- the spiritual motivations for mission.”
The Holy Father puts his vast pastoral experience and the outcome of the Synod on the New Evangelisation in 2012 at the service of the whole Church and encourages every member of the Church to act on this renewed priority for the Church: “I want to emphasize that what I am trying to express here has a programmatic significance and important consequences. I hope that all communities will devote the necessary effort to advancing along the path of a pastoral and missionary conversion which cannot leave things as they presently are.”
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