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Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), meets Pope Francis in 2022. Martin was named April 25, 2023, to an advisory group of 14 consultors to advise the members of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Pope Francis names several Americans to Dicastery for Evangelization

Apr 27, 2023

By Kevin J. Jones

How can Catholics evangelize? Americans picked by Pope Francis will offer their ideas to the evangelization body. Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on March 22, 2023.

Pope Francis: Christian witness requires consistency between how one lives and what one proclaims

Mar 22, 2023

By Courtney Mares

To effectively witness to the Gospel, Christians need to be consistent in what they believe, how they live, and what... Read more

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a Vatican press conference presenting the 2021 World Mission Day, Oct. 21, 2021.

Cardinal Tagle: Evangelization isn't complicated, it's 'a conversation about Jesus'

Feb 19, 2022

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Tagle gave the closing remarks at a three-day Vatican conference on the theology of the priesthood. Read more

Legatus 2020 Bowie Kuhn Award for Evangelization recipient Mario Costabile (left), with Thomas Monaghan (right), Legatus founder and CEO

Catholic businessman receives Legatus evangelization award

Oct 13, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

The organization of Catholic business leaders Legatus International has awarded Catholic producer Mario Costabile with its 2020 Bowie Kuhn Award... Read more

Fall River seminarian develops apologetics website

Jul 20, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

A seminarian and former graphic designer has created the Auspice Maria website as an initiative of the new evangelization. Read more

Elizabeth Prout. Courtesy of the Diocese of Shrewsbury.

English bishop prays for canonization of Manchester nun Elizabeth Prout

Sep 4, 2020

An English bishop has encouraged Catholics to pray for the canonization of Mother Elizabeth Prout - a 19th-century religious sister... Read more

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg.

German bishops to accept Vatican offer of 'clarifying discussion' on parish instruction

Aug 24, 2020

The German Bishops' Conference has said it will accept the Vatican's invitation to discuss the new instruction on parishes at... Read more

Pope Francis with pilgrims from the Italian dioceses of Bologna and Cesena-Sarsina in St. Peter’s Square, April 21, 2018.

Vatican issues new guidelines for parishes: 5 things you need to know

Jul 20, 2020

By JD Flynn

The Congregation for Clergy on Monday published new guidelines for the world’s parishes. Here are 5 takeaways.  Read more

Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Mary can renew the family and the parish, new USCCB evangelization chair says

Nov 26, 2019

By Matt Hadro

Bishop Andrew Cozzens was elected as the chairman of the Committee on Evangelization of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at... Read more

the oldest Catholic public radio station in North America on both AM and FM, June 10 2019 in Nome Alaska.

USCCB to give dioceses $10 million for local mission projects

Oct 29, 2019

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced on Monday that it has allocated $9.9 million in grants for... Read more

Fans walking into Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

Praying for souls, and runs: The parish serving Washington’s baseball fans

Oct 11, 2019

By Matt Hadro

In a rapidly-gentrifying Washington, D.C., neighborhood, a historic parish is putting the New Evangelization into practice by reaching out to... Read more

What’s going to bring the ‘nones’ back to the Church?

Jun 14, 2019

By Matt Hadro

As the U.S. bishops gathered in Baltimore this week, primarily to vote on proposals to respond to the clergy abuse... Read more

Pope Francis addresses participants in the international conference for rectors and operators of sanctuaries in the Vatican's Sala Regia, Nov. 29, 2018.

Shrines are places of God's mercy, Pope Francis says

Nov 29, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Shrines and sanctuaries should be places of welcoming and mercy where the sacraments can be received, Pope Francis said Thursday... Read more

A newly married couple snaps a selfie with Pope Francis at the Wednesday general audience on Feb. 4, 2015.

Francis tells youth to evangelize through the ‘digital world’

May 19, 2018

By Hannah Brockhaus

Sharing the Gospel with people at the peripheries might not even require stepping outside the door, Pope Francis said Saturday,... Read more

Why this bishop thinks memes may just be the tool for evangelization today

Dec 20, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

Between the Harambe memes and quick explanations of Catholic doctrine on his Twitter page, Richard Umbers, Auxiliary Bishop of the... Read more

These Chicago Catholics have a game plan for evangelization

Jul 26, 2017

By Perry West

Taking its cue from the recent and massive Convocation of Catholic Leaders in the U.S., one Chicago-based organization is partnering... Read more

Behold, Catholic beard balm (yes, it's a thing)

Jun 9, 2017

By Mary Farrow

What do you do with an excess of chrism and a plethora of Catholic men with beards?  Read more

Priests celebrate Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Jan. 17, 2105.

Archbishop to priests: Here's how to not give bad homilies

Jul 16, 2015

In a practical bullet-pointed letter to priests and deacons, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit spelled out the types of... Read more

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during the Wednesday general audience on May 28, 2014.

What does the world need? Mercy and love, Pope tells Christians

May 29, 2015

The Catholic Church shouldn’t be afraid of the great changes of the modern world, Pope Francis has said. Rather, the... Read more

Image courtesy of Made for Glory initiative.

UK youth create Advent video calendar

Dec 21, 2014

By Ann Schneible

Made for Glory, a by-the-youth, for-the-youth faith initiative in the UK, has been releasing a video for every day of... Read more