Rino Fisichella

The New Evangelization. Responding to the Challenge of Indifference

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The thrust for a so-called new evangelization has been one of the most important actions of the Pontificate of Benedict XVI. This expression is rooted in the Second Vatican Council and was used for the first time by John Paul II in 1979, to signify the desire to announce the Christian message with greater impact and freshness. In this era of ideological and cultural crisis within Western society, the Church has the delicate task of guiding man and society towards salvation, towards a life closer to the word of Christ. To this end, Benedict XVI has created a new Vatican department, dedicated specifically to the evangelization of the Western world, under the guidance of Archbishop Fisichella. In this important book, which is a cultural and religious manifesto for the Year of Faith, Archbishop Fisichella explains what constitutes the great task in which he, and the Church, are called upon to propose the centrality of the family, promoting the ethics of finance, redeveloping the presence of Catholics in politics and especially urging people not to get trapped in isolation and indifference. The fact that you call it "new" is not intended to qualify the content of evangelization, but the condition and the way in which it is made. Benedict XVI's Apostolic Letter Ubicumque et semper rightly emphasizes that it is considered appropriate "to provide adequate answers because the whole Church is present in the contemporary world and with a missionary zeal can promote a new evangelization."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gracewing Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780852447963
• ISBN-10: 0852447965
• Artikelnr.: 36166936

Autorenporträt

Archbishop Rino Fisichella is the first President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. A priest of the Diocese of Rome, for twenty years he taught fundamental theology in the Pontifical Gregorian University before becoming Auxiliary Bishop of Rome in 1998. He has served as a Consultor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University and President of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is currently also a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, of the Pontifical Council for Culture, of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, and of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses. He was responsible for the organization of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.