Christians must not be oppressed by guilt, but filled with joy, pope says January 25, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must not “put pressure on others” to convert or induce in them “feelings of guilt,” but take a weight off their shoulders through joyfully sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis said.
Evangelization is the ‘oxygen’ of Christian life, pope says January 11, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Beginning a new series of catechesis focused on evangelization and apostolic zeal, the pope said that when Christian life loses its aim of proclaiming the Gospel, it becomes “self-referential” and “atrophied.”
Loss of print media seen as posing challenges to U.S. church communications December 4, 2022By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Journalism, News, World News Catholic media, like their secular counterpart, is facing a day of reckoning caused by the rapid switch from print to digital media, as well as financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
English bishop sees decreasing number of Christians as opportunity November 29, 2022By Simon Caldwell Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News An English bishop said Catholics must work harder to evangelize the U.K. after the latest official census showed that Christians were a minority for the first time since records began.
At assembly, bishops urged to remain focused on spreading Gospel message November 16, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, World News The U.S. bishops Nov. 15 were urged to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message and to know that despite a growing secularism in the U.S., “the vast majority of our neighbors still believe in God.” Gathered in Baltimore, the bishops heard these remarks during the afternoon public session of […]
Papal nuncio urges U.S. bishops to stay true to church’s mission November 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2022, Vatican, World News In his address to the U.S. bishops at their annual fall assembly in Baltimore, the papal nuncio, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, emphasized the need to remain focused on the church’s missionary role of spreading the Gospel message.
Pastoral Staff Day energizes evangelization teams November 4, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News More than 400 parish leaders from the archdiocese attended Pastoral Staff Day hosted by the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization at Church of the Nativity in Timonium Oct. 27.
Pope encourages young Catholics to use ‘creative courage’ to evangelize September 26, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Shalom Catholic Community, founded in Brazil in 1982, offers members an opportunity to take part in “a community and missionary life in order to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all men and women, especially to those far from Christ and the church,” its website said.
New duties do not diminish call to evangelize, pope tells cardinals August 30, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Aug. 30 with the College of Cardinals, the pope said this sense of wonder “sets us free from the temptation of thinking that we can ‘manage things.'”
New course aims to instruct new Catholics, reenergize lifelong Catholics August 17, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, World News A new online study course titled “What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith” was “created by a few very imperfect disciples who happen to be crazy about Christ and his church,” said one of the authors and presenters of the course.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, pope tells young people August 9, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christians must never give in to fear when evangelizing, especially when reaching out to those in need in the digital space, Pope Francis said.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Parish Renewal July 25, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview It’s been about a year since Archbishop William E. Lori established the Office of Parish Renewal to help strengthen faith communities throughout the archdiocese and support parishes in forming missionary disciples.
