New Evangelization Today: Exploring Key Themes and Asian Links

In Catholic conversation the term “new evangelization” appears frequently these days. Pope Benedict XVI in his message for World Mission Day in October 2011 noted that the Church has the urgent duty to proclaim the Gospel in “new situations” that “require a new evangelization.” The pope continued: “This task has not lost its urgency. On the contrary, ‘the mission of Christ the Redeemer, entrusted to the Church, is still far from being accomplished.... We must commit ourselves with all our energies in its service (RM 1)’.” The pope stated clearly the scope of the mission of evangelization: “The universal mission involves all, everywhere, and always.”