Papal Document on New Evangelisation Imminent

Following recent posts on the Movementisation of the Church, Benedict XVI's focus on New Evangelisation - and thus the new evangelisers in the form of the New Movements - continues apace with the announcement of a forthcoming papal document on the subject.  Over the past month, the Pontiff has been meeting with the American bishops on their ad limina visits to Rome.  Last week he pointed out to an episcopal group that 'one of the aims of my pastoral visit to the US [in 2008] was to encourage the Church in America to recognise, in the light of dramatic changes in the religious and social spheres, the urgency of the New Evangelistion.'   He took the opportunity to inform them that 'with the aim of furthering this goal, I'm planning to present some thoughts in the next few months which I believe you will find useful in the discernment of what you are called to do in your role of guiding the Church in the future that Christ is unfolding for us.'