Główne linie eklezjologii Evangelii Gaudium

Pope Francis builds his ecclesiology around the statement that the Church is a community of Christ’s disciples, sent to the world to announce the Good News. This announcing should always maintain the dynamics of the kerygma. The community of disciples is a community of weak, sinful people believing in Christ and seeking conversion. The conversion should result in the transformation of the Church structures. The world to which the Church has been sent is loved by God, and in every human being God’s grace is at work, even before they are reached by the Gospel. The Church, therefore, does not need to occupy a central position in order to fulfill its mission. Such understanding of the community, its mission and the world is the starting point for the interpretation of the whole range of situations in which the Church lives today. Particularly striking are the reflections on the city as a place of living and evangelisation, where the Church should concentrate significant efforts.