New Evangelization

Church on wheels brings Gospel to streets of Scotland
- Global Church
- August 9, 2017
The Mercy Bus visited the town squares and shopping centers of Scotland, offering people a chance to go to confession, or just chat to a priest. The initiative was in answer to Pope Francis’s call for the clergy to to go out to the people and take the Church to them.
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Cardinal Wuerl: Vatican II being unleashed through Pope Francis
- Interviews
- July 8, 2017
Cardinal Donald Wuerl says he finds “a great consolation and sense of serenity” in the fact that, for Catholics, Peter is the touchstone of faith, but added that doesn’t mean you still don’t raise a question, if you “speak truth in love.”
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Pope wants priests to be shepherds who encounter their flocks
- Vatican
- June 16, 2017
The Archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, says Pope Francis’s vision for the priesthood offers a template for renewal, as priests join the faithful in carrying out the New Evangelization as missionary disciples in today’s world, helping people encounter, love and follow Jesus.
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Emmanuel Community seeks to renew Church from within
- Global Church
- June 13, 2017
Today the Emmanuel Community is known throughout the world for its Schools of Mission for young people, including one that will soon open in New York City. International missions work has also been a primary activity as an outgrowth of the Community’s focus on compassion and evangelization, along with their Zacchaeus Course, which aims to infuse Catholic Social Teaching in everyday life. Laurent Landete, who joined the Community at age twenty, has now spent almost three decades working to further this mission.
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Star Wars Day: Finding Faith in the Fourth
- Commentary
- May 4, 2017
Being a play on the phrase “May the Force be with you,” May 4 is now popularly known as Star Wars Day by fans of the film franchise. Although not a real holiday, the day is an opportunity for people to look at some of the deeper religious significance which can be found in the science fiction series.
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How we know a ‘Francis effect’ on Catholicism is real
- Church
- April 6, 2016
No one doubts Pope Francis’ pulling power, whether in St Peter’s Square or on Instagram. But the fact that people want to see and hear Francis doesn’t tell you much about the impact he is having on them, or on the wider Church. To assess the success of a pope,
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