CHURCH_DOCUMENT
Evangelii Gaudium
Document of the Catholic Church
Pope Francis's programmatic apostolic exhortation on the Church's mission of evangelization. Calls for missionary disciples who go out to the peripheries with joy and proclaim Jesus Christ.
key Themes
- The joy of the Gospel
- Missionary transformation of the Church
- Pastoral activity and conversion
- The proclamation of the Gospel
- Social dimension of evangelization
document Type
apostolic_exhortation
issuing Authority
Pope Francis
issued Date
2013-11-24
canonical Url
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html