Vatican City, Sep 20, 2012 / 09:41 am
Pope Benedict called on a group of newly-consecrated bishops to boldly present the Gospel to everyone, so that they encounter Christ and the faith becomes stronger around the world.
In keeping with Jesus' command to the apostles, Pope Benedict told the bishops that he is asking them to "boldly invite the people from every walk of life to an encounter with Christ and to render more solid the faith."
"Evangelization, in fact, is not the work of some specialists, but of the entire People of God, under the guidance of the Pastors," he added.
His comments were made the morning of Sept. 20, at a conference organized by the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops. Each year, new bishops who were appointed in the past 12 months make a pilgrimage to Rome and attend a conference to learn about their new role as shepherds.