EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Joan Lewis To
Receive
Apostolic Exhortation From Pope Francis
On Behalf of
Journalists
Irondale, AL – EWTN
viewers have yet another reason to tune in to the Closing Mass for the Year of
Faith, which airs live at 4:30 a.m. ET (with an encore at 11:30 a.m. ET),
Sunday, Nov. 24, the Feast of Christ the King. During the Mass, Pope Francis
will consign his Apostolic Exhortation “Evangelii gaudium” (The Joy of the
Gospel) to a group of people representing various walks of life and ministries.
EWTN Rome Bureau Chief Joan Lewis, who has covered the Church for almost 35
years, will be one of only two media professionals to receive the Exhortation on
behalf of journalists from the hands of Pope Francis himself!
“I feel honored and humbled to have been included,” Lewis said.
“When Archbishop RIno Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting
the New Evangelization, announced the news about the Exhortation on Monday he
said it ‘will be delivered to all those in various stages of life who, as
Christians, are called to be evangelizers. … The Year of Faith thus becomes a
commitment that the Church assumes her duty once again to bring the Gospel to
every creature.’”
One viewer, who heard the Vatican announcement, wrote to Lewis
saying: “You have given your readers 'YEARS OF FAITH' and are truly deserving of
this honor.”
The papal Exhortation is under embargo until Tuesday, Nov. 26, when
it will be officially presented at the Holy See Press Office.
The Year of Faith was inaugurated on Oct. 11, 2012, the
50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by Pope
Emeritus Benedict XVI and officially ends at the Closing Mass on Sunday, Nov.
24.
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