Pope Francis on the New Evangelization

Our Holy Father, Pope Francis met with the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization.  Zenit offered a translation of his remarks. http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-address-to-the-plenary-assembly-of-the-pontifical-council-for-promoting-the-new

While the talk was not long,  a few lines stand out:.

"What I would like to say to you today can be summarized in three points: primacy of witness; urgency of going out to encounter; pastoral program centered on the essential."

"There is need of Christians who render the mercy of God visible to the men of today, His tenderness for every creature. We all know that the crisis of contemporary humanity is not superficial but profound. Because of this the New Evangelization -- while calling to have the courage to go against the current, to be converted from idols to the only true God --, cannot but use the language of mercy, made up of gestures and attitudes even before words."

"The New Evangelization is a renewed movement towards him who has lost the faith and the profound meaning of life."