Ad Gentes - 40 Years On...
(11 Mar 06 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI met today with participants in this week’s conference on missionary work and evangelization.
The event has been held over the past few days at the Pontificial Urban University here in Rome and was organized to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of the Vatican Council II decree – Ad Gentes.
The Holy Father reflected on the importance to respond to the challenges facing missionaries today that the group brought presented throughout their meeting.
The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples’ Apostolic Visitor for the Oceanic Region is the Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Cardinal George Pell.
He underlined Pope Benedict’s point that we must continue to spread Christ’s message even in the face of difficulties such as a decrease in religious vocations or issues of bad formation…
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