Pope to Mexico's Guadalupe Pilgrims: Use Gospel's 'Perfume' to Evangelize CNA
go to original November 17, 2013

The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Patroness of the Americas (romereports)

MEXICO CITY - Pope Francis’ message to the pilgrims gathered in Mexico City yesterday encouraged the faithful to spread the Gospel with a peaceful manner, as did Christ.

“The task of evangelization requires much patience, much patience…don’t lose peace in the presence of discord.  And know also to present the Christian message in a serene and gradual manner, with the perfume of the Gospel, as the Lord did,” the Pope said by video Nov. 16 to those who had come to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

The Roman Pontiff used the video message to express his “desire to be with” the participants who had assembled together for conference and pilgrimage entitled, “Our Lady of Guadalupe, star of the new evangelization on the American continent.”

The conference is inspired by John Paul II's 1999 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America, and will discuss evangelization and the Americas. Among its sponsors are the Knights of Columbus and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

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