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Evangelii gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) is a 2013 apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis "On the proclamation of the Gospel in today's world". In its opening paragraph, Pope Francis urged the entire Church "to embark on a new chapter of evangelism". [1]
The last statement went viral [220] [221] [222] and became the title of the book With the Smell of the Sheep: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests, Bishops, and Other Shepherds in which by "warning against the sins of 'self-referentiality', clericalism, careerism, and worldliness, [Francis] stresses the importance of mercy." [223] [224]
Gaudete et exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad) is the third apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis, dated 19 March 2018 (the Solemnity of Saint Joseph) and published on 9 April 2018, subtitled "on the call to holiness in today's world".
Pope Francis was born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936 [18] in Flores, [19] a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. [18] He was the eldest [20] of five children from Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981).
Pope Benedict XVI wrote three encyclicals about the theological virtues: Deus caritas est (about love), Spe salvi (about hope), and Lumen fidei (about faith: this encyclical was written both by Pope Benedict XVI and by Pope Francis).
Pope Francis urged Catholics to forgo worldly trappings and focus on essentials as he opened the season of Lent with a traditional Ash Wednesday Mass on one of Rome's historic seven hills. He ...
Humility and discernment: We are reminded by Scripture that when Christ is at the center, none of us are. Joy: As we bear witness, every day, to the good news of God’s forgiving, transforming love.
Gaudium et spes was to be the culmination of this as Pope John XXIII envisioned the constitution to share in the "joys and the hopes" of the entire world. [4] Following the death of John XXIII, his successor Pope Paul VI also referred to the relationship between the church and the changing world in his first encyclical letter, Ecclesiam Suam. [8]