Pope
Francis Releases New Apostolic Exhortation: 9 Things you Need to Know about
Evangelii Gaudium
The Vatican, Yesterday, Tuesday 26th
November 2013 published an English Translation of Pope Francis’s apostolic
exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. It is his first apostolic exhortation and it
is devoted to the theme of the new evangelization. Here are nine things Jimmy
Akin, a senior Catholic Apologist at Catholic Answers and a contributing editor
to the National Catholic Register wants you to know about the Pope’s Apostolic
Exhortation.
1) What does “Evangelii Gaudium”
mean?
It’s Latin for “The Joy of the Gospel.”
2) What is an apostolic
exhortation?
It’s a papal document that, as the name
suggests, exhorts people to implement a particular aspect of the Church’s life
and teaching.
Its purpose is not to teach new
doctrine, but to suggest how Church teachings and practices can be profitably
applied today.
