%0 Journal Article
%T Pope Francis¡¯s Effort to Revitalize Catholic Mission
%A William P. Gregory
%J International Bulletin of Mission Research
%@ 2396-9407
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2396939318795374
%X From the start of his pontificate, Pope Francis has pursued a reform of the Catholic Church aimed at revitalizing Catholic engagement in mission. He has pursued this reform in three areas. He has sought, first, to clarify to all Christians the nature of their task; second, to motivate all Christians to carry out this task; and third, to correct a recurring set of countermissionary attitudes and practices within the church that damage the church¡¯s missionary efforts
%K Pope Francis
%K Catholic theology of mission
%K church reform
%K mission spirituality
%K Christian discipleship
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2396939318795374