Evangelii Gaudium–Insights

Pope Francis (Christus Vivit) Can I weep?‍

Youth is not something to be analyzed in the abstract. Indeed, “youth” does not exist: there exist only young people, each with the reality of his or her own life. In today’s rapidly changing world, many of those lives are exposed to suffering and manipulation. The Synod Fathers acknowledged w

Interpretation of Bible

Today Jesus is not betrayed by kisses, but by interpretations. Usually Catholics are often criticized for not knowing the Bible as well as their Protestant brothers. Many Protestants are able to quote texts and to answer questions about anything with a line from the Bible. Poor traditional Catholics are not able to explain any lines […]

Youth, interfaith dialogue, and peace

Pope Francis, known in his native Argentina for never leaving home, collected more frequent-flyer miles in 2019 than in any of the previous six years of his pontificate, traveling to Panama, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Romania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Thailand and Japan. Though each trip had its own raison d’etre, […]

Mother Mary’s Role in Missionary Work

After tackling the various missionary crises, it is very fitting that EG emphasizes the role of Mary at the end. True, it is customary for most of papal documents to conclude it by paying tribute to Mary. But it is not simply that kind of customary tribute that is paid in EG. It duly brings […]

THE MISSIONARY POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER

The final chapter of Evangelii Gaudium, while attacking the missionary crisis from various angles, puts in the prayer of intercession as a finishing tackle. Citing from Saint Paul’s Letter to Philippines (1:4, 7), Pope Francis observes that “Here we see that intercessory prayer does not divert us from true contemplation, since authentic contemplation always has […]

Faith in the Risen Christ and His Spirit

To sustain our missionary fervour, Pope Francis proposes not only the anchor of hope, but also he strengthens it by explicating the various aspects of ‘faith.’ Firstly, EG interprets faith as also believing in God who “truly loves us, that He is alive, that He is mysteriously capable of intervening, that He does not abandon […]

Pope Tells New Cardinals Never To Stray From The Path Of Jesus

Notre Dame Cathedral ‘Back In The Light’ After Glorious Reopening