It only takes an accurate, unbiased reading of the working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon to see its aim to find new ways to evangelize the region does not stray from church tradition or the teachings of previous popes, said a Brazilian theologian.
Sidewalk evangelism is a series of teaching moments for an author who has put what he’s learned in a new book, “The Missionary of Wall Street,” published by Sophia Institute Press.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Landings is a Paulist program that meets returning Catholics with love and guides them back into the pews.
“How many are leaving? The short answer is: a lot,” the bishop said, noting the sobering statistic he said many in the room probably were aware of — that 50% of Catholics 30 years old and younger have left the church.
In back-to-back audiences with a group of French young people and an Italian association for deaf people, Pope Francis cited personal example and witness as a vital piece in the church’s evangelization mission.
The proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia is expected to emphasize the church’s missionary mandate with the creation of a “super-dicastery” merging two offices dedicated to evangelization.
Catholicism is grounded in — the truth about who you are and who God is and, ultimately, what you and I ought to do with our lives.
Some people wear their faith on their sleeve, others on their feet, which is hardly sacrilegious. It is in fact, Sock Religious.
