BRIEFING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE APOSTOLIC LETTER "MOTU PROPRIO" UBICUMQUE ET SEMPER OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI INSTITUTING THE Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization 12-10-2010 One of the peculiar traits of Christianity is its conception of being deeply embedded in history. The words of Jesus to his disciples when he reminds them of being in the world but not of the world (cf. Jn 15.19, 17.13 to 14), have been interpreted as a fundamental...

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A press conference was held this morning in the Holy See Press Office for the presentation of the Year of Faith which is due to last from 11 October 2012 to 24 November 2013. The conference was presented by Archbishop Rino Fisichella and Msgr. Graham Bell, respectively president and under secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation. Archbishop Fisichella also presented the website and logo of the Year of Faith, and outlined the calendar of events due to take place in...

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