PRODUCT CODE: 9781800970663 Pope Francis

Totum Amoris Est

by Pope Francis
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In a new apostolic letter, Pope Francis marks the fourth centenary of the death of St Francis de Sales, honouring this ‘far-sighted’ saint and Doctor of the Church.

In Totum Amoris Est (‘Everything Pertains to Love’), Pope Francis reflects on the legacy of St Francis de Sales on the 400th anniversary of his death:

‘Partly by God’s gift and partly thanks to his own character, but also by his steady cultivation of lived experience, Francis perceived clearly that the times were changing. On his own, he might never have imagined that those changes represented so great an opportunity for the preaching of the Gospel. The word of God that he had loved from his youth now opened up before him new and unexpected horizons in a rapidly changing world.

‘That same task awaits us in this, our own age of epochal change. We are challenged to be a Church that is outward looking. We are challenged to be a Church that is outward-looking and free of all worldliness, even as we live in this world, share people’s lives and journey with them in attentive listening and acceptance. That is what Francis de Sales did when he discerned the events of his times with the help of God’s grace.’