Evangelization has to do with an encounter with the God of life “who alone fills our existence with deep meaning and peace” (Final Message, Synod of Bishops, 2012). It is new, however, in the sense that there is the urgent need more than ever today to revive and rekindle this encounter with God and his Son Jesus Christ especially in the light of the changed social, cultural, economic, civil, religious and political contexts of our time. Some of these contexts are making the encounter with God and the Gospel of his Son more and more difficult, creating confusion regarding the nature and object of this encounter and sometimes resulting in a rejection of the whole idea of God and religion. The call for a new evangelization for the transmission of the Christian faith is addressed to every Christian and all men and women of goodwill to live their communitarian experience in a renewed way and to allow this to show forth in their life and conduct.
Evangelization has to do with an encounter with the God of life “who alone fills our existence with deep meaning and peace” (Final Message, Synod of Bishops, 2012). It is new, however, in the sense that there is the urgent need more than ever today to revive and rekindle this encounter with God and his Son Jesus Christ especially in the light of the changed social, cultural, economic, civil, religious and political contexts of our time. Some of these contexts are making the encounter with God and the Gospel of his Son more and more difficult, creating confusion regarding the nature and object of this encounter and sometimes resulting in a rejection of the whole idea of God and religion. The call for a new evangelization for the transmission of the Christian faith is addressed to every Christian and all men and women of goodwill to live their communitarian experience in a renewed way and to allow this to show forth in their life and conduct.