The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published Oct. 22 Venite ad me, a document on the transmission of the faith “in an epochal change.”
The 25,000-word text is the last of a series of documents to be published by the dicastery, commissioned by Pope Francis. It reflects on the transmission of the faith within families, parishes, and Catholic institutions in an increasingly secularizing world. The document proposes a return to the kerygma, better catechesis of adults, and developing a missionary spirit within parishes.
According to Venite, a renewed focus on handing the faith on is an urgent matter, since it “is capable of reawakening faith in those who have not practiced it for some time… or of fostering an experience of faith… in those who have not yet come to know Christ, without delving into the specific work of catechesis and the formation of believers, both of which are called to provide an orderly and gradual introduction to the Church’s doctrine.”
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