APOSTOLIC LETTER «MOTU PROPRIO DATA» UBICUMQUE ET SEMPER OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI ESTABLISHING THE Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization It is the duty of the Church to proclaim always and everywhere the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He, the first and supreme evangelizer, commanded the Apostles on the day of his Ascension to the Father: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy...

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BENEDICTUS PP. XVI   Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio Fides per Doctrinam   whereby the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus is modified and competence for catechesis is transferred from the Congregation for the Clergy to the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization   Faith needs to be strengthened through teaching, so that it can enlighten the minds and hearts of believers.  The particular moment of history in which we are living, marked as it is by a...

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PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION Pontificium Consilium de Nova Evangelizatione Promovenda   PROFILE With the Apostolic Letter given in the form of Motu Proprio on September 21, 2010, Ubicumque et semper, Benedict XVI established the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization. The II Vatican Council with the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, and the Decree Ad Gentes, as well as the next Papal Magisterium, particularly with the...

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Rino Fisichella was born in Codogno, near Milan, on August 25, 1951. As a student of Almo Collegio Capranica, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rome on March 13, 1976. 1980 he was awarded a doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University where he taught from 1981 to 2001, rising to become Professor-in-Ordinary of Fundamental Theology. From 2002 to 2010 he was Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, combining this office with that of President of the Pontifical...

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MEMBERS of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization. Cardinals H.Em. Card. Timothy Michael DOLAN (USA), Archbishop of New York; H.Em. Card. Josip BOZANIĆ (Croatia), Archbishop of Zagreb; H.Em. Card. William J. LEVADA (USA), Prefect Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;  H.Em. Card. Marc OUELLET (Canada), Prefect Congregation for the Bishops; H.Em. Card. George PELL (Australia), Archbishop of Sydney; H.Em. Card. Gianfranco RAVASI (Italy), President...

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ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING THE NEW EVANGELIZATION   Your Eminences, Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, Dear Brothers and Sisters, When, on 28 June of last year, at the First Vespers of the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul, I announced that I wished to institute a Dicastery for the promotion of the New Evangelization, I opened the way for a reflection to begin on a subject...

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MEETING WITH CHURCH LEADERS INVOLVED IN THE NEW EVANGELIZAION ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PROMOTING THE NEW EVANGELIZATION [Video of the whole session - in Italian] Your Eminences, Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate, Dear Friends, I gladly accepted the invitation of the President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization to be present with all of you this evening for a brief moment and, especially,...

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The Holy Mass Pro Nova Evangelizatione has been approved by the Congregation  for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments on June, 18th 2012 with the wish that it will be celebrated during this special Year of Faith. Download the formulary: editio typica latina English version German version Italian version Polish version Hungarian version Croatian version Portuguese version Spanish version French version ...

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Upcoming publications: The Enchiridion of the New Evangelization The Enchiridion is a publication containing excerpts from speeches, messages, homilies, apostolic letters and yet other documents of the Popes since 1939, from Pius XII to Benedict XVI, and from the official documents of the Council Vatican II, all chosen for their relevance to the New Evangelization. It shows how the issue of the New Evangelization has emerged during past decades, and is now deemed as one of the most important...

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