Knights of Columbus to launch series on New Evangelization



Catholic Information Service (CIS) – a service of the Knights of Columbus which provides Catholic booklets and online content – announced today that it will launch a new series on the New Evangelization.

The New Evangelization Series will consist of online content and booklets focused on issues of evangelizing modern culture – a project begun by Pope Paul VI, who called for a “new period of evangelization” in his 1975 Apostolic Exhortation Evangelium Nuntiandi. The new series will draw primarily from the extensive discussion of the New Evangelization by Popes Benedict XVI and John Paul II.

The term “New Evangelization” was first used by Pope John Paul II early in his pontificate in Poland in 1979. Over two decades as pope, he often returned to this theme in his speeches and writing, as has his successor Pope Benedict XVI, who championed the idea of the New Evangelization even before becoming pope.

“Pope Benedict XVI has made the New Evangelization a priority. In the next year, the Church will explore the New Evangelization during the synod of bishops and will ask all Catholics to live out the New Evangelization in their own lives during the Year of Faith,” said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. “It is our hope that this new CIS series will help Catholics to learn about their faith in a way that allows them to participate first hand in the Church’s mission of the New Evangelization.”