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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 ]
Gaudete et exsultate follows Francis's previous apostolic exhortations, Evangelii gaudium and Amoris laetitia. It is shorter, being 44 pages in length, compared to the 256 of Amoris laetitia [6] and not post-synodal (being related to a meeting of the Synod of Bishops).
On November 24, 2013, Pope Francis issued the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium. A significant portion of Chapter Three, "The Proclamation of the Gospel", is devoted to the prayerful preparation of the homily. He recommends homilists practice lectio divina. [3] "It consists of reading God’s word in a moment of prayer and allowing it to ...
The new evangelization is the particular process by which baptized members of the Catholic Church express the general Christian call to evangelization.. According to Pope Francis in Evangelii gaudium in 2013: "the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops gathered from 7–28 October 2012 to discuss the theme: The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith.
Eight months after his election Pope Francis wrote the Apostolic Letter Evangelii gaudium ("Joy of the Gospel") which was "the programmatic text of the Church today and represents the vision that Pope Francis has given for the years to come". [5] He described "trickle-down theories...
Episcopalis communio is presented as the logical implementation of the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium, [3] Francis' programmatic letter for his pontificate, [4] [5] where Francis expressed his intention "to profoundly reshape all the ecclesial structures, so that they become more missionary". The synod of bishops must be a means of ...
On 24 November 2013, Francis published his first major letter as pope, the apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium, [225] which he described as the programmatic of his papacy. [226] On 18 June 2015, he published his first own encyclical Laudato si' concerning care for the planet. [ 227 ]
Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium includes a long section on "The inclusion of the poor in society" (186-216) in which he noted that "Without the preferential option for the poor, 'the proclamation of the Gospel ... risks being misunderstood or submerged'." [17]