Church Documents - Evangelization

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Lumen Gentium (Light of the Nations)
Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
Second Vatican Council / Pope Paul VI
1964

Ad Gentes (To the Nations)
Decree on the Missionary Activity of the Church
Second Vatican Council / Pope Paul VI
1965

Evangelii Nuntiandi (Preaching the Gospel)
Apostolic Exhortation
Pope Paul VI
1975

Catechesi Tradendae (On Catechesis in Our Time)
Apostolic Exhortation
Pope John Paul II
1979

Christifideles Laici
Apostolic Exhortation on the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World
Pope John Paul II
1988

Redemptoris Missio (Mission of the Redeemer)
Encyclical
Pope John Paul II
1990

Catechism of the Catholic Church
Pope John Paul II and various bishops of the world
1992

Tertio Millenio Adveniente (Third Millenium of the New Era)
Apostolic Letter
Pope John Paul II
1994

Ecclesia en America (The Church in America)
Apostolic Exhortation
Pope John Paul II
1999

Novo Millenio Ineunte (At the Beginning of the New Millenium)
Apostolic Letter
Pope John Paul II
2001

Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
2007

Ubicumque et Semper (Always and Everywhere)
Apostolic Letter
Pope Benedict XVI
2010

The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith (Instrumentum Laboris)
Synod of Bishops for the New Evangelization
2012

Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)
Pope Francis
Apostolic Exhortation
2012