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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 ]
Evangelii gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel, 2013) Amoris laetitia (The Joy of Love, 2016) Gaudete et exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad, 2018) Christus vivit (Christ is Alive, 2019) [4] [5] Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazon, 2020), a post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon Region [6] Laudate Deum (Praise God, 2023) [7] C'est la confiance (It is ...
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 ...
From his first major letter Evangelii gaudium (Joy to the World), Francis called for "a missionary and pastoral conversion" whereby the laity would fully share in the missionary task of the church. [ 226 ] [ 351 ] Then, in his letter on the call of all to the same holiness, Gaudete et exsultate , Francis describes holiness as "an impulse 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.
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]
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 ...
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]