Pontifical & Apostolic Proclamations
Various Popes & St. Paul's words on Evangelization
Pope Leo XIII: 1890
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"Filii tui India, administri tibi salutis"
(Your own sons, O India, will be the heralds of your salvation)
Pope Paul VI
Apostolic Exhortation: Evangelii Nuntiandi
on 8th Dec 1975
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The church exists in order to evangelize, that is to say, in order to preach and teach, to be the channel of the gift of grace, to reconcile sinners with God,
Pope John Paul II
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Pope John Paul II renewed the call to all of the Christian faithful to evangelize in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI. “No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
Pope Benedict XVI
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The New Evangelization calls each of us to deepen our faith, believe in the Gospel message, and go forth to proclaim the Gospel. The focus of the New Evangelization calls for all Catholics to be evangelized and then go forth to evangelize. In a special way, the New Evangelization is focused on 're-proposing' the Gospel to those who have experienced a crisis of faith. Pope Benedict XVI called for the re-proposing of the Gospel "to those regions awaiting the first evangelization and to those regions where the roots of Christianity are deep but who have experienced a serious crisis of faith due to secularization."1 The New Evangelization invites each Catholic to renew their relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church
Pope Francis
Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium
on Nov 24, 2013
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The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness, and loneliness. With Christ joy is constantly born anew.
St Paul
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Roman 10:14-15: How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!
Romans 10:17: Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:16: For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
2 Timothy 4:2: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.
1 Timothy 2:4-5: who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus