The Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations: Volume 1

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The impact of his writings has been felt not just in the Catholic Church for which they were intended but throughout the world. Each of the five works collected in The Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations is a book unto itself, so this volume is one that can be cherished, read, and reread by all Catholics and devotees of Pope Francis for many years to come. Volume 1 includes: * Lumen Fidei, June 29, 2013: The Light of Faith is an encyclical on the centrality of faith, the relationship between reason and faith, the Church's role in the transmission of faith, and how faith results in redeeming the world. * Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), Nov. 24, 2013 * Misericordiae Vultus (In The Face of Mercy), April 11, 2015 * Laudato Si' (Praise Be to You: On Care for Our Common Home), May 24, 2015 * Amoris laetitia (Love in the Family), March 19, 2016

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The impact of his writings has been felt not just in the Catholic Church for which they were intended but throughout the world. Each of the five works collected in The Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations is a book unto itself, so this volume is one that can be cherished, read, and reread by all Catholics and devotees of Pope Francis for many years to come. Volume 1 includes: * Lumen Fidei, June 29, 2013: The Light of Faith is an encyclical on the centrality of faith, the relationship between reason and faith, the Church's role in the transmission of faith, and how faith results in redeeming the world. * Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), Nov. 24, 2013 * Misericordiae Vultus (In The Face of Mercy), April 11, 2015 * Laudato Si' (Praise Be to You: On Care for Our Common Home), May 24, 2015 * Amoris laetitia (Love in the Family), March 19, 2016

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Publisher: Ave Maria Press
Published: 31 Jan 2017
ISBN 10: 1594717397
ISBN 13: 9781594717390

Media Reviews

Pope Francis is a revolutionary. The revolution he proposes, however, is not a matter of economic or political prescription, but a revolution in the self-understanding of the Catholic Church: a re-energizing return to the pentecostal fervor and evangelical passion from which the church was born two millennia ago, and a summons to mission that accelerates the great historical transition from institutional-maintenance Catholicism to the Church of the New Evangelization. --George Weigel

Pope Francis's groundbreaking new document Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) asks the Church to meet people where they are, to consider the complexities of people's lives, and to respect people's consciences when it comes to moral decisions. The apostolic exhortation is mainly a document that reflects on family life and encourages families. But it is also the pope's reminder that the Church should avoid simply judging people and imposing rules on them without considering their struggles. --Rev. James Martin, S.J.

Laudato Si' is an earthquake. . . . (It) seems destined to go down as a major turning point, the moment when environmentalism claimed pride of place on par with the dignity of human life and economic justice as a cornerstone of Catholic social teaching. It also immediately makes the Catholic Church arguably the leading moral voice in the press to combat global warming and the consequences of climate change. --John L. Allen Jr.

Author Bio

Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was ordained a priest in 1969, became archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, and was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001. Bergoglio was elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church by the College of Cardinals on March 13, 2013, when he took the name Francis for St. Francis of Assisi. He is the first Jesuit pope, the first pope from the Americas, and the first non-European pope in more than twelve centuries.