In comments to a group of Jesuits in Mozambique published Thursday, Pope Francis gave arguably his clearest explanation to date of what he means by proselytism and evangelization, but did so by indirectly endorsing a controversial "ecumenism of hate" essay that appeared in the Jesuit periodical La Civiltà Cattolica.
In his Sept. 5 comments published Sept. 26 in La Civiltà Cattolica, the Pope made it clear that he sees proselytism as tied with the "prosperity gospel" popularly promoted by certain Protestant groups, although he also appears to see "Catholic fundamentalist" groups as promoting the same ideology, one which Holy Father said emphasizes "proselytism more than evangelization."
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