{"product_id":"9781594717406","title":"The Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations: Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice \u003c\/i\u003e2016 Award Winner.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the first time, all five major writings of Pope Francis—his encyclicals, bulls, and apostolic exhortations—are gathered into one volume.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pope Francis—the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church—was elected on March 13, 2013. Since then, he has been the most influential religious leader in the world, drawing praise and admiration from people of all faiths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The impact of his writings has been felt not just in the Catholic Church for which they were intended but throughout the world. Each of the five works collected in \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Encyclicals, Bulls, and Apostolic Exhortations\u003c\/i\u003e is a book unto itself, so this volume is one that can be cherished, read, and reread by all Catholics and devotees of Pope Francis for many years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Volume 1 includes:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLumen Fidei\u003c\/i\u003e, June 29, 2013: \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e is an encyclical on the centrality of faith, the relationship between reason and faith, the Church’s role in the transmission of faith, and how faith results in redeeming the world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEvangelii Gaudium\u003c\/i\u003e, Nov. 24, 2013: The apostolic exhortation \u003ci\u003eThe Joy of the Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e has been called Pope Francis’s manifesto. It challenges all Christians to approach evangelization anew and overcome complacency in order to fulfill Christ’s great mission.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eMisericordiae Vultus\u003c\/i\u003e, April 11, 2015: In \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Mercy\u003c\/i\u003e, the papal bull for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2015, the pope urges Catholics, “We need constantly to contemplate the mystery of mercy.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLaudato Si’\u003c\/i\u003e, May 24, 2015: \u003ci\u003ePraise Be to You: On Care for Our Common Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the landmark encyclical in which Pope Francis issued a call to the entire Church—and the world—on climate change, human responsibility, the role of faith in how we live among God’s entire creation, and the future of the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAmoris laetitia\u003c\/i\u003e, March 19, 2016: \u003ci\u003eLove in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhortation published after the Synods on the Family. In it, Pope Francis ranges in his quotations and examples from St. Thomas Aquinas and Martin Luther King Jr. to the film \u003ci\u003eBabette’s Feast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Ave Maria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173229084912,"sku":"9781594717406","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594717406_p0.jpg?v=1763812388","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594717406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}